Robot farm to cover tsunami waste land
Flexing its tech muscles to the world, the Japanese government has announced a plan to launch a robot farm on land flattened to the ground by the Tsunami that struck the country to such devastating effect back in March 2011. The proposed farm is set to grow fresh produce including rice and beans and will […]
Flexing its tech muscles to the world, the Japanese government has announced a plan to launch a robot farm on land flattened to the ground by the Tsunami that struck the country to such devastating effect back in March 2011.
The proposed farm is set to grow fresh produce including rice and beans and will be exclusively operated by unmanned tractors, while robots will get down to subsequent duties – such as picking and boxing the goods – once the crops have been harvested.
The former disaster zone-turned farm will span 600 acres and it looks likely that it will inhabit an expanse of farmland in the Miyagi prefecture, northeast of Japan. The project is the brainchild of the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Japanese government will attempt to boost the innovative venture by bringing native technology heavyweights on board, including Hitachi, Panasonic and Fujitsu.
