1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (151+ words) Hort News Tokuiten launches cherry tomato harvest robot for commercial use Tokuiten Inc. has begun full-scale use of its suction-type cherry tomato harvesting robot at its 2, 000 m" greenhouse in Aichi Prefecture, marking one of Japan's first real-world deployments of such…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (314+ words) and Rijk Zwaan are collaborating in exploring which tomato varieties can support robotic crop work operations in greenhouses. By sharing knowledge and insights, the initiative aims to better understand which plant characteristics are suited for a future where crop work…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (235+ words) eternal. ag and Rijk Zwaan are working together to explore which tomato traits are best suited to robotic crop work in high-tech greenhouses. The collaboration combines crop breeding, robotics and AI to identify plant characteristics that can support more reliable…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (382+ words) Hort News VSM Grow Tech to showcase AI-weeder at Leafy Salads Day VSM Grow Tech Ltd, suppliers of innovative machinery for vegetable and salad growers, will be demonstrating the TWIST WEED automatic weeder from Ferrari Growtech at the forthcoming British…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago  (455+ words) A robot developed by the University of Essex, alongside fruit growers Wilkin & Sons, salad growers JEPCO and hydroponics specialist Gyro Plant has won the Best Research Project (Industry Collaboration) at the 2026 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) AI & Robotics Research Awards....

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (523+ words) Hort News Agri-tech spin-out brings real-time autonomy to robot fleets in GPS-challenged environments Robotics adoption in the agricultural sector has been limited due to the lack of reliable autonomy in real farm conditions. Furthermore, conventional GPS waypoint navigation does not…...

4+ week, 21+ hour ago  (275+ words) The German agritech startup, eternal. ag, is introducing a de-risked and accelerated pathway for greenhouse growers to adopt harvesting robots. As structural labor shortages demand a faster transition to automated horticulture, growers will for the first time be able to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (315+ words) Testing robots in greenhouse horticulture is complex in practice, so Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is exploring how simulation can accelerate and refine the development of harvesting robots for greenhouse horticulture. "Robot simulation is quite common in controlled environments such as…...

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2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (398+ words) Eternal. ag, a German agritech startup, today announced the launch of its first commercial product, Harvester. Harvester is a fully autonomous harvesting robot designed for tomato greenhouses and offers a solution to widespread industry labour shortages. Greenhouses are increasingly essential…...