‘Sprouts’ set to harvest spears

A ‘herd’ of robots is to be released into the English countryside to commercially pick British asparagus for the first time this coming season.

Muddy Machines – the robotics company behind the automated vegetable picker ‘Sprout’ – is gearing up to launch five robots to work in unison at Cobrey Farms in Herefordshire from 1 April.

The robots, each equipped with

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