Technology has taken over the
society and it is vital to today’s world, making life so much easier than
before. Now technology has also taken over agriculture industry by transforming
into a high-tech enterprise and replacing farm workers. Technological
advancement brings benefit to famers by constructing a stress free and more
cost effective agriculture. In today’s technologies, there are now flying
robots and self-driving machinery which are able to automatically survey and
treat crops.
Inventors are now creating robotic field machines which helps
farmers to perform tedious tasks such as hand harvesting fruits and vegetables.
This robotic field machines have been used in some agriculture industry such as
nursery plants, vineyards and fruits and vegetables. These machines are intact
with GPS which helps farmer to determine the amount of fertilizer for each
field and help to dispense the exact amount of fertilizer needed for each
field. For example, in France vineyard there exist a robot called the “Wine
Bot” and this wine bot helps in pruning vines, monitoring vine health and soil.
The WineBot has a camera on top which helps to see the surrounding of the
vineyard and two more cameras at both of the arms to check the vines. It helps
to capture and record data from vines to vines and to recognize the plant
features. With this WineBot, winegrowers do not need to worry about the quality
of the pruning and it helps to save their time by walking around the vineyard.
All these advanced technology does bring
benefits in agriculture industry in so many ways but there is also a bad side
of it. Although farmers are not needed
for farming anymore for watering or harvesting the plants but this will cause
them to lose their job. Besides, a large amount of money is needed also to
purchase the machine.
Reference:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/science-technology/wall-ye-wine-robot-the-new-vineyard-worker-/it-takes-on-chores-such-as-pruning-and-de-suckering/slideshow/16554640.cms