Grapes, berries and robots: is Silicon Valley coming for farm workers jobs?
The robots have arrived in California's fields. This summer, a self-driving tractor was spotted working rows of vines in Napa valley. Described as resembling a "souped-up golf cart", the tractor runs on an electric battery and can be operated remotely with an app. Farther south, strawberry harvesting robots have been picking fruit. Complete with wheels, clipper-tipped arms and a catchment tray, its maker claims the machine can pick almost as many berries as a human with 95% accuracy.
Sep-8-2022, 10:00:14 GMT
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