Four-legged agronomist robot Frutas AI begins work on farms

has historically been one of the slowest to adopt robotic technologies. The four-legged agronomist robot developed by the company autonomously navigates fields, conducts crop inventories, and selectively inspects plants up to 1.5 meters tall, such as blueberries. It can independently move along orchard rows, monitoring each plant in real time. The robotic assistant collects data on yields and fruit size, identifies rows that require human attention, learns crop-specific growing patterns, and returns to its base station for recharging on its own. Farmers can allow the robot to operate autonomously within designated areas or control it via a mobile app to track progress and adjust routes if needed. It can also function as an assistant, following instructions from farm managers and selectively inspecting rows. The robot moves using a biomechanical gait. As Iyer explained, it calculates the stability of each step in milliseconds, allowing it to traverse uneven or muddy terrain. It ...