World’s first robot farm to open in 2017
"A Japanese firm plans to grow more than 10 million heads of lettuce a year by replacing its human farmers with robots in 2017. The machines will automate every step of the planting process, from germination to seeding, harvesting and delivery while also monitoring levels of carbon dioxide and lighting conditions. Not only will this boost production by almost 25 per cent, it is expected to halve labour costs and these savings could be passed onto consumers. "
