Fieldwork Robotics robot via AP.jpg Sep 22, 2019 Sep 22, 2019 Updated Sep 22, 2019 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fruit picking robots like this one, developed by Fieldwork Robotics, operate for more than 20 hours a day. (CNN photo) As featured on +3 Why robots will soon be picking soft fruits and salad Developed by engineers at the University of Cambridge, the Vegebot is the first robot that can identify and harvest iceberg lettuce — bringing hope to farmers that one of the most demanding crops for human pickers could finally be automated. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Forecast Radar Weather Jude Redfield's Tuesday morning forecast Poll Most Popular Articles Videos ArticlesLouisville pizza restaurant has liquor license suspended after reports of underage drinkingJCPS loses $9.7 million federal grant for magnet programs over civil rights violationsWoman killed, man injured after head-on crash on Dixie HighwayPlane crashes in Mt. Washington after departing from Louisville's Bowman FieldJCPS warns of $2.5 billion in maintenance needs, rising costs amid budget deficit2 men charged with stealing credit cards from elderly shoppers in LouisvilleFord to expand Louisville operations with $41 million land purchase near truck plantNew Albany mayor's legal spending questioned as city council passes budgetHistoric Kentucky cabin of Civil War spy being restored in Taylorsville1 arrested after Meade County drug bust in suspected distribution operation Videos
+3 Why robots will soon be picking soft fruits and salad Developed by engineers at the University of Cambridge, the Vegebot is the first robot that can identify and harvest iceberg lettuce — bringing hope to farmers that one of the most demanding crops for human pickers could finally be automated.