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Oregon State University researchers have developed an artificial environment to simulate apple trees and collect data on its robot hand, regardless of the growing season. Joe Davidson, an OSU assistant professor, and Professor Cindy Grimm have been awarded $440,000 from the USDA and $250,000 from the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission to continue developing their harvesting gripper. Robot apple harvesters are being developed and field tested by universities and companies around the world as growers face a worker shortage and rising labor costs.
