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If EU workers go, will robots step in to pick and pack Britain’s dinners?

1 March 2017

In this article from The Guardian, Simon Blackmore, head of robotics and automation at Harper Adams University, explores the use of technology in fruit crop harvesting. [See also The Observer, Sunday February 26th]

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