Tool-Carrying Robot Could Weed Out Tedious Farming Tasks

added Fri Jul 06 08:05 2007 ET from TechWeb

The remote-controlled Hortibot does not do away with human labor, but can navigate through farm fields to relieve workers of some wearisome duties.

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