ABOUT THIS EPISODE
As part of this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Professor Rob Sparrow from Monash University discusses how robots could risk affecting our relationship to food, nature and farming in ways not yet appreciated.
Most media articles on robotics in agriculture focus on the “gee whiz” aspects of the technology, but two Monash University philosophy academics have shone an ethical torch on how their future application could raise some challenges for what it means to farm.
At a time when New Zealand is poised for the new season’s harvest but thousands of hands short, the concept of an army of robots to harvest it all could seem an appealing one.
To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/agribusiness/view/downside-of-using-robots-on-farm
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