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Essex,3 mins

Robot helps pick Essex strawberries

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A robot which can pick strawberries has been successfully tested on a farm in Essex. The prototype which has been designed and built by engineers at the University of Essex, is helping tackle a labour shortage within the agricultural industry. Andrey Ivanov is from Wilkin and Sons in Tiptree, where the technology has been trialled over the last two seasons.... Picture credit: Ellen Knight/ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.

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