Robotic Farmers: Can AI Farming Make Agriculture More Sustainable?
According to one Silicon Valley firm, artificial intelligence-powered robots might farm more sustainably than traditional agriculture, writes Rain Jordan at Nature World News.
An agricultural technology start-up is a company that develops and sells agrarian technologies. Iron Ox’s goal, according to the company, is to make the worldwide agriculture industry carbon neutral. They’ve also just raised €47 million ($53 million) from a group of investors, including Bill Gates.
When it comes to food manufacturing, CEO Brandon Alexander can’t be accused of lacking experience. He spent every summer of his youth harvesting cotton, potatoes, or peanuts on his grandparents’ farm in Texas.
Despite having a robotics degree “just to avoid agricultural labor,” Alexander says he couldn’t shake the idea that working in agriculture would allow him to have a greater effect. The notion only became stronger when he learned that 40% of food cultivated across the world is thrown away before it reaches our shopping carts.
Read more at Nature World News.
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