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Can strawberry-picking robots help overcome labour shortages?
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27th May 2018
The Guardian runs an article today focusing on growing shortages of labour in the UK fruit-picking industry. Will robotics help resolve the paucity of people willing to collect fruit? Or is the up-front cost too much to make investment in robotics commercially viable given the vagaries of the weather?
The strawberry-picking robots coming to a farm near you. 🤖🍓https://t.co/jhIHkfKZNW pic.twitter.com/SvJB2Ksclj
— BBC Business (@BBCBusiness) May 25, 2018
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