Removing weeds is a chore few gardeners enjoy, as it typically involves long sessions of kneeling in the dirt and digging around for anything you don’t remember planting. Herbicides also work, but ...

You've heard of the Roomba, that robotic vacuum cleaner that patrols the floor automatically for dirt? Its inventor is part of a new team ready to launch a similar little robot that patrols the garden ...

Scientists have created Trimbot, a gardening robot that can prune roses and trim bushes, making light work of gardening chores. The green-fingered robot uses mapping technology to find its way around ...

A robot to trim your bushes? We already have robots that vacuum our floors, mow our lawns, and even weed our gardens, so is a robot that trims our bushes and hedges next? If you purchase a product or ...

Franklin Robotics is developing a robot for gardening, the Tertill. One of the people behind it is Joe Jones, someone that brought us the Roomba, the house vacuuming robot. The Tertill is similar to ...

Want Acton and Boxborough news delivered to your inbox? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter. As a kid, Joe Jones liked to tinker with things. He enjoyed building things. At the time, the future ...

If you’re a gardener you’ll understand the plight that weeds cause. Weeds are more than just a nuisance though; they make gardening nigh impossible for folks with certain disabilities or facing the ...

While the very latest range of wire-free robot lawn mowers are extremely sophisticated, they are still robots at heart and are therefore prone to occasional mishaps when used on lawns that aren't well ...

If you want to garden this spring without getting your hands dirty, you're in luck. Smart home technology has sprouted outdoors. Smart sprinkler systems remember to water on their own, smart ...

Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Green-fingered robots are coming to a garden near ...