Husqvarna Group has acquired 25% of Franklin Robotics, a Boston-based start-up that has developed "Tertill," a solar-powered weeding robot for vegetable and flower gardens.

Robotics are established in manufacturing facilities and are now making their way into our communities and crop fields and your customers’ properties. For instance, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved the “Self-Drive” act to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles. John Deere recently acquired robotics start-up Blue River Technology, maker of “see-and-spray” robots that affix to tractors.