ITHACA, N.Y. — Researchers have developed a robotic artificial intelligence system that could advance the development of disease-resistant crops, including mildew-resistant grapevine varieties.

The “BlackBird” robotic system, named after a military spy plane, replaces microscopes and months of human labor in analyzing mildew lab samples and makes it faster to identify which grapevines carry favorable genetic characteristics for mildew resistance.

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