Developed by young engineers in Kerala, Cocobot is a coconut-harvesting robot designed to climb 20-metre palm trees and cut ripe fruit safely from the ground.

A few years ago, Veena had a problem: She couldn't find anyone willing to pick her coconuts. Veena is a 37-year-old housewife who, like many people in South India, goes by one name. She lives on a ...

A Cook Islander has become the first ever world champion in the sport of coconut tree climbing, it's been reported. George Iona emerged the winner in a field of 16 entrants, winning by the smallest of ...