The Robots Who May Feed The Future

The United Kingdom based start up, Small Robot Company, has come up with three robots called Tom, Dick and Harry who may be just what the future of farming need. Let’s take a look at each of the robots in this science project.

Tom is a buggy based robot that lives on a “kennel” in your farm. It monitors the soil and the crop, literally providing feedback on every single plant. Based on it’s data collection and analysis, Tom will suggest chemicals and fertilizers that you should use to maximize your crop harvest.

Then we get to Dick, which is a robot used for precision micro-spraying and weeding of your fields. Dick will not waste excessive chemicals, but will spray the leaves to protect them against pests and put in fertilizers in the roots. Very efficient and ruthless when crushing weeds that compete with your crop.

That leaves us with Harry, who offers precision drilling and seed planting. Harry gives you driverless, super accurate drilling with minimal soil disturbance. It records every individual seed that it has planted and keeps track of it’s germination, helping the farmer know just what percentage of seeds make it to plants.

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