Out in the California sun, a new kind of farmhand is hard at work. Powered by solar energy and guided by artificial intelligence, the solar-powered weeding robot for cotton fields is offering farmers ...

CALLAHAN COUNTY — The idea for a “solar robot” started several years ago as a sketch on a cocktail napkin in a hotel lobby. Fast forward to mid-April and Rosendin Electric Senior Vice President David ...

AMES, Iowa – The small robots in Ran Dai’s basement lab at Iowa State University look like fancy electronic toys. But they’re really very smart. And they’re getting smarter. Dai, an Iowa State ...

In the thick of summer—when pools are in constant use, temperatures are high, and debris builds up by the hour—cleaning becomes less of a chore and more of a time sink. Manual skimming, tangled cables ...

Private renewable energy projects are still moving forward despite a pullback in government support, and new technology is making that construction more efficient. Solar farms, for example, take ...