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Farm of The Future

Robotic technologies can fully automate common farming tasks to help American farmers lower costs and increase efficiency and yields. Robots can work 24/7 to monitor crops for diseases and pests, precisely apply chemicals to minimize waste, and perform delicate tasks like harvesting fruit to improve safety and reduce labor needs. Automating agriculture through robotics benefits small family farms by enabling them to compete globally and remain viable.

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Farm of The Future

Robotic technologies can fully automate common farming tasks to help American farmers lower costs and increase efficiency and yields. Robots can work 24/7 to monitor crops for diseases and pests, precisely apply chemicals to minimize waste, and perform delicate tasks like harvesting fruit to improve safety and reduce labor needs. Automating agriculture through robotics benefits small family farms by enabling them to compete globally and remain viable.

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FARM of the FUTURE

MOWING FERTILIZING

The Farm of the Future...


Sustains domestic agriculture
Applying the power of robotics to completely automate common farming tasks will help American farmers to significantly lower their operating costs, reduce their need for labor, and increase their efficiency and yields. It will allow American agriculture to remain competitive worldwide.

In the fully-automated Farm of the Future, dedicated robots will take on the tough farming jobs that once could be done only by people. Farmers will supervise robots in their daily tasks, but wont need to directly operate them. All of this is achievable with todays robotic technologies.

Helps small family farmers

Robotic Scouting Night Operations


Robots run 24/7 Monitoring for diseases and pests

Using robotics to reduce costs and increase productivity will benefit family farmers, too. It will enable small farms (like most of Pennsylvanias farms) to compete globally. It will also help farmers to satisfy the growing demand for locally-produced food. This can mean the difference between a viable family farm and yet another subdivision.

Facilitates 24/7 operations


Farm robots can work all day and all night and dont need weekends and holidays off.

Improves safety

Picking / Harvesting
Delicate crops & orchard fruit

Unlike current farm equipment, robots can run without an operator riding on the machine. They will be able to work independently; a person will intervene only if problems arise. Farmers will not have to constantly work in proximity to dangerous machines and chemicals, making farming safer.

Reduces labor needs


Automating farming tasks helps to control labor costs and reduces dependence on seasonal labor. Farm robots will be able to perform jobs that only humans have done, like harvesting crops that require delicate handling (such as orchard fruit), planting and harvesting nursery plants, scouting plants for disease, and more.

Reduces chemical usage


Spraying can be done day or night whenever winds drop, reducing usage. Under computer control, pesticides and herbicides can be sprayed precisely where they are needed to minimize waste and runoff.

Assists in precision pest management AUTOMATED REFUELING


Farm robots can be key components of an integrated pest management system. They can monitor plants throughout their life cycle for proper growth and scout for pest and disease damage. This helps farmers to detect these problems early, while theyre more manageable.

Enables plant-level management


Life cycle monitoring also allows farm robots to customize applications of fertilizer, pesticide, and herbicide to individual plants, maximizing their yield.

Allows selective harvesting


Farm robots can selectively harvest fruits and vegetables at the best time for picking. This maximizes the quality (and selling price) of farm produce.

Robot Spraying
Reduces human exposure to sprays

TILLING / PLANTING

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