Faculty at Washington State University’s Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems plan to focus the bulk of their efforts in the future on the pursuit of a fully automated apple harvesting system. And they’re compiling a roadmap to guide their efforts and to help secure funding for the research. Forecasts of large tree fruit crops in the Pacific Northwest this year have got growers wondering how they’ll harvest them. This season could see record cherry, apple, and pear crops. Increased production coincides with a smaller number of migrant workers entering the country from Mexico, and there is no immediate […]