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Water and Agriculture

Robotics in agriculture

Robotics is revolutionizing agriculture by improving productivity and working conditions. Autonomous systems and artificial intelligence are driving precision agriculture, enabling operations such as automated sowing, harvesting and irrigation. Agricultural robots guide themselves and perform complex tasks, such as weed detection, using advanced technology.

The incorporation of robotics in agriculture improves both productivity and the working conditions of farmers and workers. Intelligent systems are becoming the ideal solution to boost precision agriculture. Currently, a large number of agricultural operations are already being carried out autonomously. An agricultural robot then consists of a previously coded guided system, a system that allows it to go to the plot, move around it and return autonomously to its delivery or recharging point. Artificial Intelligence plays a key role, because it allows the identification of facts (such as weeds, or the optimal state for harvesting a fruit). From there, different mechanical solutions appear, such as articulated arms that will carry out the assigned task (sowing, harvesting, water use and extraction, irrigation, fertilization). In the automation of precision agriculture, agricultural productivity will be increased, manual work for laborious tasks will be reduced and it will help to make farms more sustainable.

$1,000 - $50,000

Estimated value:

It optimizes the processes of water production, storage and distribution, thereby reducing consumption of the resource.

Expected environmental impact:

Urban/Rural

Sector:

70 - 90

Efficiency (%):

Electric

Energy used:

300 - 500

Precipitation (mm):

1, 2, 12 and 13

SDGs impacted:

Water use efficiency

Main theme:

300 - 500

Precipitation:

European

Region:

High

Application difficulty:

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