Robots Are Trying To Pick Strawberries. So Far, They're Not Very Good At It

The strawberry-picking robot enters a field near Duette, Fla. The strawberry-picking robot enters a field near Duette, Fla. Robots have taken over many of America's factories. They can explore the depths of the ocean, and other planets. But can they pick a strawberry? "You kind of learn, when you get into this -- it's really hard to match what humans can do," says Bob Pitzer, an expert on robots and co-founder of a company called Harvest CROO Robotics.