Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 9/28/18


It’s harvest season in the Northern hemisphere, so farmers head into the fields to gather the fruit of their hard labor ….
A few days ago, a boxy yellow robot rolled through the rows of yellow pepper patches in a Belgian greenhouse, spotting and picking the ripened fruit …. Named SWEEPER, the robot is a result of a collaboration between Israeli, Dutch, Swedish, and Belgian scientists—a complex piece of equipment aimed to help farmers and agricultural workers in the harvesting process ….

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