pollination

Stimuli-responsive polymers can be used to create small-scale, wirelessly controlled soft-bodied robots that can walk, swim and jump. Now, for the first time, scientists have created a miniature robot that can fly and could be used for artificial pollination. - Photo: Jiangfeng Yang, Tampere University

15-02-2023 | News

Flying robot could be used for artificial pollination

Currently Bumblebee AI is focusing on AI-based pollination solutions for avocados and blueberries, but it plans to expand into many other crops. - Photo: Bumblebee AI

07-12-2022 | Article

AI-based pollination solutions offering growers more certainty

Photo: Marco Bertorello / AFP

30-05-2022 | News

Satellites and drones could help save pollinators, research shows

California pistachio orchard piloting Edete's robotic pollination system. - Photo: Edete

25-10-2021 | News

Edete robotic pollinator boosts pistachio yields by 24%

The 2B mechanical pollination unit, produced by Israeli start-up Edete. - Photo: Elkana Frank

29-09-2021 | Analysis

Automating pollination – is it practical or affordable?

Photo: Edete Precision Technologies for Agriculture

05-02-2021 | News

Israeli start-up launches artificial pollination technology