In Farming, a Constant Drive For Technology

Image caption: The “OZ” field robot, which can independently work the soil or remove weeds, at a technology show in a field in northern Saxony, Germany. Image credit: Sebastian Willnow / picture alliance via Getty Images. Article by Tom Johnson. Undark – May 4, 2022.

Although real-world data is scant, proponents say robotics and AI will soon revolutionize agriculture.

Across Midwestern farms, if Girish Chowdhary has his way, farmers will someday release beagle-sized robots into their fields like a pack of hounds flushing pheasant. The robots, he says, will scurry in the cool shade beneath a wide diversity of plants, pulling weeds, planting cover crops, diagnosing plant infections, […]

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