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We don’t often think about movement in plants. One of the most commonly pictured examples of plant movement might be the closing of leaves in a carnivorous venus flytrap. But many kinds of plants move ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- These gardeners would have green thumbs -- if they had thumbs. A class of undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created a set of robots that can water, ...

Researchers have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by 'touching' their leaves with an electrode. The robot can measure properties such as surface ...

In today's factories and warehouses, it's not uncommon to see robots whizzing about, shuttling items or tools from one station to another. For the most part, robots navigate pretty easily across open ...