Farm robots: ecological utopia or dystopia?
Journal:
Trends in ecology & evolution
Published Date:
Sep 1, 2021
Abstract
Farm robots may lead to an ecological utopia where swarms of small robots help in overcoming the yield penalties and labor requirements associated with agroecological farming - or a dystopia with large robots cultivating monocultures. Societal discussions and policy action are needed to harness the potential of robots to serve people and the planet.