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Shropshire farm completes harvest with nothing but robots

September 8, 2017 by Alan Stainer

Shropshire farm completes harvest with nothing but robots

Although still in its infancy, automated farming is going to happen one day. As the article explains, the machines used will be smaller and more efficient than the monsters you see out in fields today. That means less damage to the environment from soil compaction.

Now if they can electrify all of those vehicles and have wind + solar with battery storage at the farm, I think we would be on to a winner.

Originally shared by The National Museum of Computing

Agriculture has seen significant computing applications, like using the Elliott for egg production stats in the 1960s, but nothing quite like this: the hands-free hectare. A field of barley grown by robots.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/07/farm-robot-harvest-hands-free-hectare/

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  1. Uve Schüler says

    September 8, 2017 at 8:46 am

    Gefällt mir gut!

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    September 8, 2017 at 8:46 am

    Gefällt mir gut!

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    September 8, 2017 at 8:46 am

    Gefällt mir gut!

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    September 8, 2017 at 8:46 am

    Gefällt mir gut!

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    September 8, 2017 at 8:46 am

    Gefällt mir gut!

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  6. Manu Nair says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:44 am

    Way to go! Towards more unemployment leading to increased crime rates.

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  7. Manu Nair says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:44 am

    Way to go! Towards more unemployment leading to increased crime rates.

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  8. Manu Nair says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:44 am

    Way to go! Towards more unemployment leading to increased crime rates.

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  9. Manu Nair says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:44 am

    Way to go! Towards more unemployment leading to increased crime rates.

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  10. Manu Nair says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:44 am

    Way to go! Towards more unemployment leading to increased crime rates.

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  11. Uve Schüler says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:51 am

    Manu Nair ,Ihr angesprochene Geschichte ist so alt wie die Webmaschine als sie auf den Markt kam.

    Die Maschinen produzieren sich nicht von selbst.

    In diesem Bereich wird Händeringend nach Personal gesucht!

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  12. Uve Schüler says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:51 am

    Manu Nair ,Ihr angesprochene Geschichte ist so alt wie die Webmaschine als sie auf den Markt kam.

    Die Maschinen produzieren sich nicht von selbst.

    In diesem Bereich wird Händeringend nach Personal gesucht!

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  13. Uve Schüler says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:51 am

    Manu Nair ,Ihr angesprochene Geschichte ist so alt wie die Webmaschine als sie auf den Markt kam.

    Die Maschinen produzieren sich nicht von selbst.

    In diesem Bereich wird Händeringend nach Personal gesucht!

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  14. Uve Schüler says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:51 am

    Manu Nair ,Ihr angesprochene Geschichte ist so alt wie die Webmaschine als sie auf den Markt kam.

    Die Maschinen produzieren sich nicht von selbst.

    In diesem Bereich wird Händeringend nach Personal gesucht!

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  15. Uve Schüler says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:51 am

    Manu Nair ,Ihr angesprochene Geschichte ist so alt wie die Webmaschine als sie auf den Markt kam.

    Die Maschinen produzieren sich nicht von selbst.

    In diesem Bereich wird Händeringend nach Personal gesucht!

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  16. Alan Stainer says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:59 am

    Manu Nair I was waiting for someone to point that out. There are arguments that suggest automation creates more jobs than it removes.

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  17. Alan Stainer says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:59 am

    Manu Nair I was waiting for someone to point that out. There are arguments that suggest automation creates more jobs than it removes.

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  18. Alan Stainer says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:59 am

    Manu Nair I was waiting for someone to point that out. There are arguments that suggest automation creates more jobs than it removes.

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  19. Alan Stainer says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:59 am

    Manu Nair I was waiting for someone to point that out. There are arguments that suggest automation creates more jobs than it removes.

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  20. Alan Stainer says

    September 8, 2017 at 11:59 am

    Manu Nair I was waiting for someone to point that out. There are arguments that suggest automation creates more jobs than it removes.

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  21. Edwin Laarz says

    September 8, 2017 at 3:27 pm

    Alan Stainer Automation does create more jobs, however I would like to see stats on the distribution of those jobs as I doubt those jobs are created in the same region that the robots are used. Don’t get me wrong, I am pro automation, but as an old farm kid I do enjoy walking the field snapping off the odd grain to taste how it is doing. And the article did state that the machines cannot ‘read’ the crop like a farmer can.

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  22. Edwin Laarz says

    September 8, 2017 at 3:27 pm

    Alan Stainer Automation does create more jobs, however I would like to see stats on the distribution of those jobs as I doubt those jobs are created in the same region that the robots are used. Don’t get me wrong, I am pro automation, but as an old farm kid I do enjoy walking the field snapping off the odd grain to taste how it is doing. And the article did state that the machines cannot ‘read’ the crop like a farmer can.

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  23. Edwin Laarz says

    September 8, 2017 at 3:27 pm

    Alan Stainer Automation does create more jobs, however I would like to see stats on the distribution of those jobs as I doubt those jobs are created in the same region that the robots are used. Don’t get me wrong, I am pro automation, but as an old farm kid I do enjoy walking the field snapping off the odd grain to taste how it is doing. And the article did state that the machines cannot ‘read’ the crop like a farmer can.

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  24. Edwin Laarz says

    September 8, 2017 at 3:27 pm

    Alan Stainer Automation does create more jobs, however I would like to see stats on the distribution of those jobs as I doubt those jobs are created in the same region that the robots are used. Don’t get me wrong, I am pro automation, but as an old farm kid I do enjoy walking the field snapping off the odd grain to taste how it is doing. And the article did state that the machines cannot ‘read’ the crop like a farmer can.

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  25. Edwin Laarz says

    September 8, 2017 at 3:27 pm

    Alan Stainer Automation does create more jobs, however I would like to see stats on the distribution of those jobs as I doubt those jobs are created in the same region that the robots are used. Don’t get me wrong, I am pro automation, but as an old farm kid I do enjoy walking the field snapping off the odd grain to taste how it is doing. And the article did state that the machines cannot ‘read’ the crop like a farmer can.

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