Two robotic arms gingerly, almost childishly, line up their soft-shelled pincers around a raspberry, before carefully gripping the fruit and pulling.
One arm successfully detaches a perfect specimen from its stalk before triumphantly depositing it in a punnet. A slightly older robot has more trouble, dropping one slightly squashed piece of fruit on the ground then tugging forlornly at a leaf on its second attempt.
This is the future of farming. Since the 2016 referendum which saw Britain vote to leave the European Union, the number of migrant workers who would often fill seasonal picking posts has dropped. Growers across Britain need 70,000 workers at peak times to collect fruit and vegetables…
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