BEYOND LOCAL: Robot harvests cotton by reaching out and plucking it, like a lizard's tongue snatching flies

For cotton, robotics offers more targeted picking of bolls that are ready to harvest. It produces better-quality cotton fiber by picking seed cotton as soon as the bolls open, without leaving it exposed to the weather

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