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Farm robots: ecological utopia or dystopia?
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Farm robots may lead to an ecological utopia where swarms of small robots help in overcoming the yield penalties and labor requirements associated with agroecological farming - or a dystopia with large robots cultivating monocultures. Societal discussions and policy action are needed to harness the potential of robots to serve people and the planet.
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“Similar concerns and uncertainties about the tentative loss of employment opportunities resulting from increased automation [77] are present in these sectors as well of course [78].”
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- Authors
- Daum, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Hohenheim (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Daum, Thomas
- ORCID
- Daum, Thomas
- Venue
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-09
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 774-777
- ISSN
- 0169-5347 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3180886165
- Cited by
- 87
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 5
- FWCI
- 8.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Smart Agriculture and AI
- Social Sciences › Development › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Keywords
- agricultural automation, agroecology, monoculture, labor demand, crop yield, agricultural policy
- MeSH terms
- Farms, Agriculture, Humans, Robotics, Utopias, Biodiversity
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