The necessity of agricultural robots in future farming

Ali Roshanianfard¹

1) Assistant professor, Bio-system engineering, Department of Agriculture and natural resources, Univesrity of Mohaghgh Ardabili

Publication : Second International Conference and Sixth Conference of Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture(umaorg.ir)
Abstract :
Being able to provide food for citizens will be a significant concern for governments shortly. It was estimated that the world population would increase to 11.8 billion until 2100, and agricultural production should amplify by 100% over the next 40 years. Also, the global agriculture industries have faced various challenges including labor shortage, aging of farmers, global warming, migration to cities, limited harvestable farms, water crisis, and economic issues. The average age of farmers is 65.9 years in Japan, 55.9 years old in the USA, and 52 years old in Iran. Soon, the world will have more population and limited food. These concerns have reduced the chance of farming and it make a multi-variable problem for researchers in smart farming, and they must solve it by consideration on a single answer: produce more food with limited resources. Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic technology will be one of the key answers to this complicated concern. As an AI system, the agricultural robots expected to be a benchmark technology to save human society by providing more food and optimize farming. They can work all day long; they are programmable for different tasks; their efficiency can be improved; they are economically efficient, multi-application and cooperative. ARs can improve labor issue for real farming and can merge the potential capability of robotic science with big data in agriculture.
Keywords : Future farming artificial intelligence Robots Sustainable systems.