Predicting the future is fraught with peril. Predicting the future is fraught with peril, especially for the science writer enthralled by the promise of a new technology. But that hasn’t stopped ...

Things had been slow around the farm. “You’re always slow,” Cousin Ollie chided. I glared. But Ollie didn’t notice since he was jumping three or four paces ahead of me, as usual. “I don’t run unless a ...

Many dairy producers in Maine have trouble finding the workforce they need to maintain sustainable operations. Could robots step in? The University of Maine recently unveiled a robotic milking barn — ...

DECLO — More than 1,000 dairy cows will move out of Heglar Creek Dairy’s conventional barn in September and into a new robotic milking barn where they will sleep on waterbeds. In the voluntary milking ...

Florida Tech students are developing a robotic manatee, called "Mechanatee," to study real manatees without disturbing them. The robot will mimic the movements and communication of manatees to gather ...

GREENSBORO – How to milk cows in today’s tech dominated world? North Carolina A&T utilizes a robotic system. “At any point in the day or night, a cow can enter the specialized milking stall, where she ...

MAHNOMEN, Minn. -The building isn't complete, but it's easy to see how Jim and Sue Steinmetz are developing their Mahnomen dairy farm into an operation geared for the future. Sue Steinmetz (right) ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A robotic cow strolled through Downtown Topeka Thursday afternoon, with a message. Charli XC Cow is an AI-powered robot calf advocating for PETA, sporting a 3-D printed calf head ...

This weird looking chap is the Waseda Talker-7 robot, and it makes those strange vowel sounds not through a loudspeaker, but a biomechanical simulation of the way we humans speak. To that end, it’s ...

Rogue River Creamery is famous for its world‑champion Rogue River blue cheese. You might picture farmhands tending to and milking cows, but today, the milking is handled entirely by machines. Rather ...