Herbicide-resistant weeds are a growing threat to crops globally, and farmers may soon need some alternatives. Enter: tiny, lightweight robots that plough the soil, unseating weed seeds before they ...

During the 2026 growing season, University of Vermont Extension is testing out six autonomous robotic weeders manufactured by ...

A giant robotic centipede could soon crawl out of the lab and into vineyards and blueberry farms in the United States. Inspired by nature’s long, slender, and wiggly movers, Ground Control Robotics ...

HUMMING ALONG: All you can hear from the Greenfield Robotic autonomous weeders as they roll along through the field is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People examine the work of a robotic weeder during a field day hosted by UC Davis. (Nic Coury / For The Times) The smell of burnt ...

Robots are gonna rule the world one day. If they’re not cooking for us, then they’re out chopping weeds in a field somewhere. A group of engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Figuring out the best way to get rid of weeds in your garden has been a lifelong quest for many gardeners. Whether you've tried electric-shock ...

A robotic device in development at the University of Idaho could help shape the future of nationwide reforestation efforts. The 3-foot-wide robot, designed by U of I computer science students in ...

A team of North Dakota State University students designed an advanced robot to aid organic farming, using AI and cameras for weed control and security. NDSU Ag Engineering and Biosystems Engineering ...

Greenfield Robotics, a Kansas-based company, is hoping to move agriculture away from herbicides. They’ve developed robots to take on a labor-intensive process — cutting weeds down. Three yellow, ...

A robot the size and shape of a square kitchen table wheels over a row of seedlings. It scans the ground with camera "eyes," then stops. A small probe lowers from the middle of the robot, homes in on ...