Will robots someday replace farm workers? Do we want them to? Assistant Professor and agricultural robotics expert <a href= "https://mime.oregonstate.edu/people/joe-davidson">Joe Davidson</a> talks about the potential benefits of using robots in agriculture, and what goes into designing the perfect robotic apple picker. BONUS CONTENT <ul> <li><a href= "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/rob.21715">Design, integration, and field evaluation of a robotic apple harvester</a> (Wiley)</li> <li><a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8412587">Robotics for Sugarcane Cultivation: Analysis of Billet Quality using Computer Vision</a> (IEEE Xplore)</li> </ul> <a href= "https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/season-9-robotics-and-ai/and-farm-he-had-robot-s9e5"> https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/season-9-robotics-and-ai/and-farm-he-had-robot-s9e5</a>

With a little help from my robot friend, S9E6

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