Scarcity of farm labor and concerns about the environmental impacts of chemical inputs has spurred interest in agricultural robotics, but the widespread adoption of fully autonomous vehicles remains ...

Carbon Robotics CEO Paul Mikesell in a farm field with his company’s autonomous weeder. The robot uses laser light to zap as many as 100,000 weeds an hour. (Carbon Robotics Photo) Farmers typically ...

URBANA -- Farm equipment in the future might very well resemble the robot R2D2 of Star Wars fame. But instead of careening through a galaxy far, far away, these ag robots might be wobbling down a corn ...

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In a cornfield in central Illinois, agricultural engineers are preparing robots to do the mundane farming jobs like weeding, looking out for harmful insects, and taking soil samples. Called “ag robots ...

Small robots can move under the canopy to perform tasks such as fertilization, seeding, diagnostics, and mechanical weeding. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...