This novel robot can sow, prune, and harvest plants in dense, mixed vegetation areas (IMAGE)

Waseda University

This novel robot can sow, prune, and harvest plants in dense, mixed vegetation areas

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Researchers have developed a small and flexible agricultural robot for Synecoculture farming. It has a four-wheel mechanism, two axes stand, robotic arm, camera unit, maneuvering system, and farming tools.

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Takuya Otani from Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering

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