Freshippo has opened its biggest supply chain center in Shanghai
Ocado launches first robotic warehouse in Asia with Aeon British online supermarket and technology group Ocado said its first robotic warehouse in Asia, built for Japanese partner Aeon, has gone

Valencia: AINIA develops autonomous system to detect and collect fallen fruit
As part of the FOODCOLLECT II project, the Valencian Institute of Food Technology, AINIA, has developed an autonomous system for detecting and picking up fallen fruit based on photon technologies,

AINIA develops an autonomous system for detecting and harvesting fruit from the ground
In the framework of the FOODCOLLECT II project, AINIA has developed an autonomous system for detecting and harvesting fruit from the soil based on photonic technologies, 3D vision, artificial

Finding tech solutions to labour problem
Training fruit pickers using virtual reality equipment, employing robots to move fruit containers and wearing exoskeletons to support physical labour are all possibilities being considered by

Eyeing a future where fruit pickers are trained by virtual reality
Training fruit pickers using virtual reality equipment, employing robots to move fruit containers, and wearing exoskeletons to support physical labor are all possibilities being considered by

Robot company Burro forms new partnership with Pacific Ag Rentals
Burro is an autonomous mobility company that provides solutions for the agriculture industry. It has announced a new partnership with Salinas-based Pacific Ag Rentals (PAR), a provider of

UV robot against powdery mildew
Launching at Fruit Focus on July 12 (NIAB EMR, Kent), Antobot and CleanLight are partnering up to support robotics in the horticulture sector. Powdery mildew is a fungal disease that affects

7-Eleven tests delivery robot in South Korea
South Korea: 7-Eleven tests delivery robot in South Korea Global convenience store giant 7-Eleven has begun a test run of a robot delivery service in South Korea in conjunction with Neubility, a

Morrisons said it was cutting the prices of 47 products by an average of over 25%
7-Eleven to test robot delivery with startup Korea Seven, the operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, said it plans to carry out another test run for robot delivery services in

Cimcorp Group opens new location in Australia
Cimcorp Group, an automation and gantry-based robotic solutions company, now has a stronger foothold in the Australian market with the opening of a new location. The move reinforces Cimcorp’s

ChatGpt goes robot, here's the one picking tomatoes
It had to happen sooner or later. ChatGpt, the artificial intelligence much talked about in our social feeds and TV lounges, has given birth to its first robot, and not by chance it is an arm

Colruyt takes next step towards store of the future
The retail chain, Colruyt Group, is fully committed to in-store innovation. Last month, a new technology was tested to ensure that shelves remain optimally stocked, while also measuring how many

Innovative robot brushes bug eggs from vines and branches
Created by a team of students at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, the the TartanPest robot consists of a Ufactory xArm6 robotic arm and a computer vision system mounted on an Amiga

MAF RODA launches the Fast Pack Peach robot on the market
The business group has spent years innovating and developing robotics systems to automate packaging tasks in fruit and vegetable warehouses. Robotics is one of the group's six main lines of

Researchers design a robot to optimize the blueberry harvest
A team of researchers from the Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego (UPAO) managed to field test a mobile robot to optimize the harvesting of blueberries, which has the ability to count, detect, and

New automatic packing robot for peaches and nectarines
The MAF RODA Group has been innovating and developing robotics systems for years to automate the tasks of fruit and vegetable processing plants. “Robotics is one of the group's six major lines

Tevel partners with Unifrutti
Tevel has expanded into South America in a new partnership with Unifrutti that has seen flying autonomous fruit picking robots deployed in Chile. The Israeli robotics startup’s autonomous

Unifrutti partners with Tevel to revolutionize harvesting in Chile thanks to AI
The future of the fruit industry is already happening in Chile, where apples are being picked by flying robots driven by Artificial Intelligence Tevel’s Flying Autonomous Robots harvesting

In Chile, apples picked by AI-guided flying robots
In Linares, Chile, a never-before-seen collaboration is taking place, and even more so in the agricultural sector: robots guided by artificial intelligence are harvesting apples. This

Global Tomato Congress: ToBRFV - already a lot done, but still a lot to do
Rotterdam was all about tomatoes on 16 May as Fruitnet hosted the Global Tomato Congress at the World Trade Center. The presentations were as colourful as the assortment: from crisis management to

Denmark: Autonomous mobile robot designed for indoor farming
“Vertical farming is moving towards an inflection point. From expensive and niche technology towards market leadership from both a commercial and sustainability standpoint. Our vision at Seasony

Photo report: Interpack 2023
From May 4 to 10, visitors to Germany's Düsseldorf exhibition center could see the latest gadgets in packaging technology and machines. Numerous applications for fresh food to non-food were

UK students work with industry experts to commission latest robot
A group of students from Harper Adams University’s Engineering Department have been working closely with the Small Robot Company in a project that looks at the building and commissioning process

“We are making good advances on speed, we have increased the speed by 30% in the last two months"
Ripe Robotics was founded in 2019 with only 100,000 USD as start-up capital to create a robotic fruit picker. The major developments started in 2021, with a new robot called Eve, and the serious

Carrier Transicold Global Container Refrigeration moves toward industry 5.0 through innovative collaboration with robots
Carrier Transicold’s Global Container Refrigeration factory in Singapore, a key manufacturing site for Carrier’s refrigerated container systems globally, is embracing Industry 5.0, which