Grafting plants is hard work: It helps reduce stress on plants’ roots and create sturdier crops, but it can really stress out farmers. Humans have to struggle to cut plants just the right way and bind them together. That’s where a new robot comes in: With the help of steel “hands,” it turns plant grafting from tedious art into swift science.
Grafting plants is hard work—though it helps reduce stress on plants’ roots, it can stress out mere humans who struggle to cut plants just the right way and bind new roots with another plant. Developers at Clemson University hope their new robot's steel "hands" will change this process. (Video: Clemson University)
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