Market trends and business perspectives
Agricultural innovations are essential for feeding our ever-growing global population.
Especially these days, as industrialisation and global warming continue to negatively affect soil fertility and reduce the amount of arable land.
According to the United Nations, the world’s population is set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050.
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One of the world’s largest engineering companies, Bosch, has outlined its vision of the future, which includes a world full of smart factories, robotic farmers and connected asparagus.
Bosch made its views available to Robotics and Automation News in a series of documents sent to us this week.
The company believes two main areas of technological development stand out from the rest: connectivity and sensors. [Read more…] about Connected asparagus: Bosch outlines vision of a future with connected factories and robotic farmers
The Autonomous Tractor Corporation is close to launching a range of new technologies which it says will help farmers halve their equipment costs.
In exclusive comments to Robotics and Automation News, Kraig Schulz, CEO of ATC, says the company’s latest eDrive system would cost between $250 and $500 per horsepower.
This is approximately half the cost of a new tractor, which costs anywhere between around $750 and $1,000 per hp.
Schulz says: “The system costs will obviously depend on configuration, horsepower, and so on, but we can have a retrofit eDrive system for a 325 hp sprayer done, installed, ready to go for about $75,000 which is a little less than having the whole thing rebuilt with hydrostatic drives – about $80,000. [Read more…] about Autonomous Tractor boss says new technology can help farmers halve their costs
The market for robots and drones in the agricultural sector is predicted to grow to $10 billion by 2022, according to a new study.
The report by IDTechEx Research, Agricultural Robots and Drones 2016-2026: Technologies, Markets and Players, says there is already a $3 billion market in 2016, and will rise to $10 billion by 2022.
Some of the promising technologies that are available to help farmers increase yield without negative environmental factors, are to be discussed at a NIAB and Agri-Tech East event – Innovations for Sustainable Intensification, on 14 September in Cambridge, UK. [Read more…] about Market for agricultural robots and drones to grow to $10 billion, says report
