Robot harvesting an eggplant in a farm (IMAGE)

Waseda University

Robot harvesting an eggplant in a farm

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This robot successfully sows, prunes, and harvests complex vegetation grown in the shade of solar panels. Its maneuvering system reduces operation time by 49%.

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Takuya Otani from Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering

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