After centuries and what seems like a significant amount of innovation, people are still farming with similar tools from 100 years ago. Gas and diesel driven equipment have become smarter and more intuitive with features like auto-drive or built-in touchscreen interfaces. At the end of the day, a farmer is still required to sit in the cab and plow along rows after rows.
Bosch wants to flip farming upside down with its new Deepfield Robotics branch of its company. The star of the show is Bosch's BoniRob "adaptable multi-purpose robotic platform". Honestly, it looks like something out of Star Wars. But it promises to simplify a number of farming tasks in an efficient manner.
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