Farming Industry Embraces High-Tech Drones and Robots

Drones and robots are increasingly being used in the farming industry to replace some field workers as agriculture becomes more high-tech. Houston-based tech company Hylio obtained an exemption from the FAA to operate swarms of heavy drones for tasks such as spraying fertilizer and pesticides. At a recent expo in California, high-tech agricultural tools including autonomous crop sprayers and AI-powered robots for berry picking were showcased. These developments come as a potential solution to the labor shortage in the US …

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