https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRdBuWWik6w

In a world first, U.K. researchers have successfully grown barley crops autonomously using self-driving tractors and unmanned aerial vehicles.

The goal of this research project was to ascertain if hands-free farming was possible at this juncture in the world of autonomous machinery.

In order to ensure the project’s integrity, no one was allowed to enter the 1-hectare paddock,except for the autonomous vehicles. Ultimately, the venture was successful with crops autonomously seeded, sprayed, monitored, and harvested.

The researchers considers the success a sign of things to come such as a general shift in the agricultural industry regarding technology, in addition to potentially attracting a new generation to farming.

“We have been able to show the public that this is something that isn’t too far ahead in the future, and it could be happening now".

“It has also allowed us to raise the perception of agriculture to the public, so they see it as a forward-thinking industry and something that might attract new people to the industry.” 

Regarding the UAV implementation here, the drones were exclusively used to monitor crops and retrieve samples which agronomists would analyze.

They were essentially the eyes of the researchers for assessing the field using a multi-spectral camera to get imagery from the field.They would then send a little ground rover that would collect samples to conduct agronomy on.

The drone’s autopilot was also used for machinery on the ground, automating the tractors and chaser bins.

Using Nigeria as an example ,do you think new technologies like this get people out of jobs or create new ones?

Source https://autojosh.com/worlds-first-crop-planted-harvested-u-k-using-self-driving-tractors-drone/

Cc Lalasticlala Mynd44

Wow...

In Nigeria this tech will get people out of jobs from the planters and harvesters,to the people that package them in bags

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I wanted to be the first to comment

So even the agriculture they said will bring jobs to Nigeria...already future plans to wipe out even those jobs are already on ground. ..
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Look, I just going to eat beans this afternoon and sleep. Nobody should wake me till 5pm.

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Na country be this one o

OK.

technology..

we are yet to manufacture pencil

naijanative:
we are yet to manufacture pencil

You can as well start

tech has taken over...

And we are still here debating Cattle Colony

while out Farmers in Nigeria are still using hoe and cutlass to farm....I'll always say it...If Europe, North America and some part of Asia says they are in 21st century, the Nigeria and the whole of Africa is in the 15th century... sure we aren't in the same age and time.

Please who has Chief Audu Ogbehs whatsapp number, i want to forward this information to him

Nice innovation

I will be the first to use these instruments in Nigeria.

see technology? our own technology is to steal money and put it on animals

GPS controlled, I guess... wow nice

Good

Interesting! Good people keep making the world better while evil people are causing sadness and sorrow. With this development, agriculture will be attractive again and fun to do.

Technology will render mankind used and useless. Life expectancy will be so short because man has become inactive and stagnant. What a boring world we are heading

WHICH WAY NIGERIA

Nice

DollarAngel:
Abeg this one does not make sense ooooooo.

it makes a lot of sense

This will really help to increase productivity and efficiency. The challenge is for individual to get updated knowledge on the usage of such technology. Technology have totally eradicate static knowledge. The moment you refuse to update your knowledge, you become irrelevant

Nice

But when is Nigeria going to get to this level ?

Implement this and you can trust Nigerian FG to increase the price its citizens will pay for farm produce. On the flip side, we laud innovations outside our borders but never seem to replicate it in our own land.

The rate at which the world is advancing technologically, we may soon wake up to news of fully automated machines carrying out construction works absent humans, if that isn't already happening.

And we are all here doing bbnaija Nd front-page. My word

I'm not being pessimistic, I think Nigeria will never develop, na so things go dey go forever. if you're having any hope whatsoever, you're on a longtin