Abatement of Carbon Emissions Arising from Automation and Robotics in Food Production

Abstract

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.