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Watch out! Robo-Farmers are Coming!

Graham Watson

23rd April 2018

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Automation is coming, and this BBC video and supporting article investigates the extent to which they can even be applied to agriculture. In this case, an asparagus-picking robot has been developed which can, apparently, do the work of 70 workers

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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