Robots Are Trying To Pick Strawberries. So Far, They're Not Very Good At It
Strawberry growers are so worried about the farmworker shortage that they're testing a strawberry-picking robot. But while picking strawberries is easy for humans, machines struggle with the task.
Robots have taken over many of America's factories. They can explore the depths of the ocean, and other planets. They can play ping-pong.
But can they pick a strawberry?
"You kind of learn, when you get into this â it's really hard to match what humans can do," says Bob Pitzer, an expert on robots and co-founder of a company called . (CROO is an acronym. It stands for Computerized Robotic Optimized
