Abatement of Carbon Emissions Arising from Automation and Robotics in Food Production
Author(s):
Paul B McNulty
Automation in Food Production has attracted the global attention of researchers, equipment suppliers and farmers. Universe Optics, machine vision specialists, have observed that: Large farms (1,000 acres or more) started the trend, adopting the tools of precision agriculture-using GPS-guided tractors, drones, and computer modelling to customize how each inch of land is farmed [1-3]. Farm managers can measure and map things like soil acidity and nitrogen levels, and then apply fertilizer to specific plants-not just spray and pray.
