Automation

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Distributed Food Supply Chain

Imagine a system where anyone could browse activity ranging from agriculture to retail. An open marketplace that combined global supply with local demand.

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Farmers as Hackers

In the era of the Internet and artificial intelligence, the farmer, an old school knowledge professional, is adapting by becoming a hacker.

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Virgo by Root AI is a robotic arm that uses machine learning to identify when a crop is ripe and ready to harvest, and then with remarkable agility, maneuvers amidst other non-ripe crops, and carefully and gently harvests the crop.

Facebook AI powers John Deere robotics

Facebook is becoming active in the agricultural sector. As a company they build tools that can leverage massive amounts of data towards specific applications. In this case differentiating between weeds and desired plants, so that the former may be sprayed and the latter left to grow.

Can automation eliminate the need for pesticides?

Greenfield robotics wants to eliminate the use of pesticides and herbicides entirely, by using robots as a means of controlling and enabling the growth of healthy crops.