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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2016-11-02 12:00 pm
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[personal profile] birguslatro 2016-11-05 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Somewhere there won't be a ready supply of cheap workers and they'll perfect robot pickers and the like, which will spread to where they have the cheap workers anyway.

Hmmm. Do a YouTube search for 'autonomous tractor'. There's obviously a race on to win that market, with John Deer looking to be in the lead, if not with the coolest looking gear.

Farms are very suitable for automation, as you can control the environment the robots will work in, unlike with cars in a city.