Putting technology to work: Joe Allnutt, lead roboticist at British startup Small Robot Company, inspecting a farming robot. More startups are developing lightweight autonomous machines that can work on cropland with precision. — AP
ROBOTs are taking over farms faster than anyone saw coming.
The first fully autonomous farm equipment is becoming commercially available, which means machines will be able to completely take over a multitude of tasks. Tractors will drive with no farmer in the cab, and specialised equipment will be able to spray, plant, plow and weed cropland. And it’s all happening well before many analysts had predicted thanks to small startups in Canada and Australia.
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