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January 18th 2012

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Are Farmbots the Future of Agriculture?

Lots of people think that farming has gotten too industrialized. But there are others who believe it’s not nearly industrialized enough—such as the Iowa inventor who envisions armies of robots growing our food in the future.


Full Story: UTNE

Posted at 10:55am and tagged with: technology, tech, robots, food, agriculture,.

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    “ARMIES OF ROBOTS”?
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    is innovation only...know if they get a big enough budget for implementation .. This could...
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    I feel like this will lead to some terminator type ending…..
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  12. lazydazeinda808 said: N this is why the economy sux
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