Vineyard robot to counter labour shortages

Posted on 19 Jul 2017 by Jonny Williamson

A remote operated vineyard robot has been developed in an effort to help solve a chronic agricultural labour shortage.

The remote operated vineyard robot keeps a human operator in the loop via a virtual reality (VR) interface – image courtesy of Digital Harvest. Developed over the past 18 months by Virginia-based agri solutions company Digital Harvest, the remote operated vineyard robot (ROVR) is described as a “fully mobile concept demonstrator”.…

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