blog posts Robot farmers? Machines are crawling through America's fields. Some have lasers. Jun 5, 2023 10:00 am by USA TodayIllinois in the News Share on Facebook Tweet Email Images USA Today (June 4) Robots developed at Illinois can scoot under the canopy of crops to plant cover crop seed before the main crop is harvested. 'This will expand the ability to do cover cropping and take less time.' says professor Shadi Atallah. Share on Facebook Tweet Email