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The automation, and control of the resulting data, raises questions about the role of human farmers. 
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A modular agricultural robot from Bosch startup Deepfield Robotics deals with weeds the old fashioned way: violently
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WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT This looks like a proof of concept but it shows that autonomous machines should become a reality in the agriculture business sooner than we may think. Advances in self-driving technology, AI, networking, mobile devices, etc. have contributed to make this possible. Other more generic applications such as harvesting barley also been introduced: http://fmcs.digital/blog/autonomous-robots-plant-tend-and-harvest-entire-crop-of-barley/
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This is as autonomous as farming gets, without any humans having to get themselves dirty, or even go outside
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT This looks like a proof of concept but it shows that autonomous machines should become a reality in the agriculture business sooner than we may think. Advances in self-driving technology, AI, networking, mobile devices, etc. have contributed to make this possible. Other more specialized applications such as weed removal have also been introduced: https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/bosch-deepfield-robotics-weed-control
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The three initiatives, led by the National Farmers' Federation (NFF), will see the establishment of an online platform to be used by farmers; the formation of an agricultural startup incubator named Sprout; and the founding of the Digital Agriculture Service (DAS). Via TechinBiz
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A paper on Australian initiatives to provide farmers and other agriculture workers with telecommunications and other digital tools to support their transformation.
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WHY IT MATTERS: indeed a better place to start with autonomous electric vehicles appears to be a tractor in a field. And looking at John Deere over the past few years AI and big data are the way to go.
Other interesting articles:
https://electrek.co/2022/01/04/john-deere-takes-a-step-into-the-future-with-first-fully-autonomous-tractor/
https://venturebeat.com/2022/01/07/how-john-deere-created-its-autonomous-tractor/
especially this one on the future of farming that includes other futuristic applications of AI and self driving.
https://www.deere.co.uk/en/agriculture/future-of-farming/