Field of machines: Researchers grow crop using only automation
Story Date: 10/10/2017

 

Source: Spencer Feingold, CNN, 10/8/17


A farm in the United Kingdom is the first in the world to successfully plant, tend and harvest a crop without a single person ever setting foot in the field, according to researchers and developers involved in the project. From sowing the seeds to picking the grain, human workers were replaced with automated machines operated from a control room.

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