| TITLE |
AUTHOR |
JOURNAL |
YEAR
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Robots replacing fruit pickers? Not quite, but a new machine is changing the industry
|
Melanie Tubbs |
KEPR TV |
2012 |
| Technology may hold the key to orchard labor shortage --eventually |
David Lester |
Yakima Herald |
2012 |
Crop Estimation, Mechanical Harvest, and Bin Dog
Articles on pp 6,8,10,11,12
|
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2012 |
| Apple Harvester: Getting Closer |
Brian Sparks |
Growing Produce |
2012 |
| Moving toward Automation |
|
American/Western Fruit Grower |
2012 |
| A whole 'nother APM -- robofarmer! |
Chris Anderson |
DIY Drones |
2012 |
| Purdue's Emerging Innovations Fund invests in two startups |
|
Purdue Newsroom |
2012 |
| Computer program aids insect tracking, management |
The Grower Staff |
The Grower |
2012 |
| Iffy labor supply drives development of labor-saving equipment |
Renee Stern |
The Grower |
2012 |
| CMU-led automation program puts robots in the field |
Brett Davis |
AUVSI's Mission Critical |
2012 |
| Applying Precision Ag To Tree Fruit |
James R. McFerson |
American/Western Fruit Grower |
2012 |
| IPM researcher sees challenges ahead |
Richard Lehnert |
Good Fruit Grower |
2012 |
| Electronic trap saves labor |
Geraldine Warner and Melissa Hansen |
Good Fruit Grower |
2011 |
| Picker and platform |
Melissa Hansen |
Good Fruit Grower |
2011 |
| Blossom Thin Peaches |
Richard Lehnert |
Good Fruit Grower |
2011 |
| Robotic Assistance Becoming a Reality for Growers |
Sally Colby |
Growing Magazine |
2011 |
| Apple harvester represents a landmark change in technology |
Derrek Sigler |
Fruit Growers News |
2011 |
| INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Phil Brown Apple Harvester |
Photo: Derrek Sigler |
Fruit Growers News |
2011 |
| Latest orchard automation demonstrated |
Dan Wheat |
Capital Press |
2011 |
| New orchard technologies are coming |
Melissa Hansen |
Good Fruit Grower |
2011 |
| A Historic Investment in WSU Research |
|
WSU Press Release |
2011 |
| Risk Management Tools |
Sally Colby |
Growing Magazine |
2011 |
| Fruit Thinning Machines Rival Hand Thinning |
Renee Stern |
The Grower |
2011 |
| Larger Fruit, Lower Labor Costs |
Jennifer Paire |
Growing Magazine
|
2011 |
| Mechanical Thinner Ready |
Richard Lehnert |
Good Fruit Grower |
2011 |
| Technology Draws a Crowd at Fruit Growers Field Day |
Chris Torres |
Lancaster Farming |
2011 |
| Prepare for Future Technology - Economics & Horticulture |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2011 |
| Cutting Costs of IPM: Automated monitoring would cut costs |
Richard Lehnert |
Good Fruit Grower |
2011 |
| Hort Association bestows honors |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2010 |
| Harvest-Assist Technology: Getting Closer |
Jim McFerson |
Growing Produce |
2010 |
| Nurseries Need a Tree Counter |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2010 |
| Driverless Vehicle Progresses |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2010 |
| Vacuum Harvester Passes Bruising Tests |
Richard Lehnert |
Good Fruit Grower |
2010 |
| Labor-Intensive U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Industry Competes in a Global Market |
Linda Calvin |
AmberWaves (USDA) |
2010 |
| Fruit Growers See Innovations in Action |
Chris Torres |
Lancaster Farming |
2010 |
| Mechanical Thin Cherries |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2010 |
| Welcome To The Machine |
Brian Sparks |
American/Western Fruit Grower |
2010 |
| On the Cutting Edge |
Kelli Rodda |
Nursery Management and Production |
2010 |
| Mechanical Thinning Works! |
Melissa Hansen |
Good Fruit Grower |
2010 |
| Mechanical Thinner Tested in Cherry Application Near Buena |
Richard Burger |
Yakima Valley Business Journal |
2010 |
| Machines with Vision |
|
Growing Produce |
2010 |
| Fields of automation |
Jason Dorfman |
The Economist (reposted) |
2009 |
| Technology in new equipment to ease workload |
Sally Colby |
Country Folks Grower |
2009 |
| Consortium works to help orchard growers |
Bob Luder |
The Packer |
2009 |
| Ready for ROBOTS? New technologies will improve orchard efficiency, but will your orchard be able to accomodate them? |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2009 |
| 'Fruitbots' Could Save Growers Money, Create High-tech Jobs |
Tony Drovetto |
CAHNRS and WSU Extension Marketing and News Services |
2009 |
| Designed To Mechanize |
Ann-Marie Conroy |
American-Western Fruit Grower |
2009 |
| Researchers find fertile field for innovation in labor-intensive agriculture |
Mike Cronin |
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
2009 |
| Labor-saving Thinner |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2009 |
| Stone fruit thinning |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2009 |
| Robots Spread Seeds of Change in Fruit Orchards |
|
Voice of America News |
2009 |
| Tree Fruit: Teaming Up For IPM Innovations |
Jim McFerson |
American/Western Fruit Grower |
2009 |
| On Campus: Apples and Oranges |
Meghan Holohan |
Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science The Link |
2009 |
| Bearing Fruit—College Researchers Tap New Specialty Crop Funding |
Steve Williams |
Penn State Ag Magazine |
2009 |
| Carnegie Mellon Developing Automated Systems to Enable Precision Farming |
Byron Spice |
Resource |
2009 |
| Tree Fruit: Precision Ag Coming Into Focus |
Jim McFerson |
American/Western Fruit Grower |
2009 |
| Grant Awarded to WSU |
Press Release |
Capital Press |
2009 |
| Picking Apples with a Robot |
Roland Piquepaille |
ZDNet |
2008 |
| Orchard robotics makes one juicy project |
David Templeton |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
2008 |
| $9 Million for Tree Fruit Research – A Project Led by Carnegie Mellon Focuses on Automating Orchard Tasks |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2008 |
| Versatile Robotic Scout should be able to Detect Pests and Diseases and Estimate the Crop, as well as Guide Robotic Pruners and Harvesters |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2008 |
| Penn State Major Player in Specialty Crop Research |
Chuck Gill |
Penn State Live |
2008 |
| WSU Researchers Receive $3.3 Million in USDA Specialty Crop Grants |
Kathy Barnard |
CAHNRS and WSU Extension Marketing and News Services |
2008 |
| Seeking engineering solutions |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2008 |
| A Robotic Labor Solution |
Jenan Jones Benson |
Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Production: Growing |
2008 |
| Reducing Labour in the Orchard |
Ken Slingerland |
Tender Fruit Grape Vine |
2008 |
| A Time for Innovative Thinking—All Segments of Peach Industry Excited by Innovative Mechanization Research |
Ann Schmidt-Fogarty |
Cling Peach Review |
2008 |
| Over The Top |
Geraldine Warner |
Good Fruit Grower |
2008 |
| Industry invests dollars to allay labor fears |
Dick Lehnert |
Fruit Growers News |
2008 |
| USDA Awards Over $28 Million in Specialty Crop Research |
J Martin |
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
2008 |
| The Evolution of Thinning: Researchers in Pennsylvania adopt new approach to an old problem |
M Oster |
American Fruit Grower |
2008 |
| Carnegie Mellon developing precision farming |
Press Release |
Zhihai Fruit Co. |
2008 |
