🍅Introducing AI-equipped Tomato Harvesting Robots to Farms May Help to Create Jobs | Solutions Wherever You Go | Panasonic Newsroom Global

🍅Introducing AI-equipped Tomato Harvesting Robots to Farms May Help to Create Jobs | Solutions Wherever You Go | Panasonic Newsroom Global

The number of people engaged in agriculture in Japan is decreasing, and the country’s elderly population is rapidly increasing. Agricultural high-tech is one of the measures that are seen as a solution to these problems.

In the midst of this, “harvesting robots” driven by AI and robotic technology are gathering attention.

The idea is to leave harvesting work, which accounts for 20% of all agricultural work, to robots in order to increase efficiency. Advanced farms are already appearing that have put robots to work and are developing technology and know-how.

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