{"id":3694,"date":"2019-01-28T10:50:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2023-06-14T09:42:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T16:42:36","slug":"autonomous-tractors-harvestors-and-even-weeding-robots-the-end-of-farming-as-we-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=3694","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous tractors, harvestors, and even weeding robots &#8211; the end of farming as we know it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While autonomous cars are getting all the press, there is an even more disruptive side to this technology that is likely far easier and will likely come sooner. Fully autonomous farming.<\/p>\n<p>What about a robot that can patrol fields and kill weeds with pinpoint precision. This would use massively less herbicides. Alternative forms could be developed that fertilize or analyze individual plants or patches of a field for particular problems.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0lNFJBfZKAs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But the really big guns come out below. What if you could replace field work completely and do it all from the comfort of your air conditioned office chair at home?<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T7Os5Okf3OQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>These are almost certainly going to become realities &#8211; probably in our lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 6\/14:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The above video was broken, but 1:39 shows the AI vision guided laser\/spray weeding.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gfCEQgx4d-4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While autonomous cars are getting all the press, there is an even more disruptive side to this technology that is likely far easier and will likely come sooner. Fully autonomous farming. What about a robot that can patrol fields and kill weeds with pinpoint precision. This would use massively less herbicides. Alternative forms could be developed that fertilize or analyze individual plants or patches of a field for particular problems. But the really big guns come out below. 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