next six years reaching over $16,000,000,000 it has bin fought in faoccurs across america -- eric nicholson: >> i think there is a place for technology in our industry. there is need for more. part of the driver is worker shortage. argument? >> i think that's -- there is mostly donte spire to work in the fields. i can't make enough money. there is no benefits and basically, the conditions are pretty bad because i have to be outside regardless of the weather. it comes back to: how do we, with the folks that are shopping, pay a little more, so the growers can get a little more. >> some agriculture row bots are designed to replace missing workers, some are developing robots to work side -by-side wih people in the field. an assistant profitsor at the department of it biological and agricultural generaliering. >> 7 arior students designed this last year. this will carry the strawberries from the picker. >> this cobot would the read signals from sensors on the worker's body. >> the robot knows what your economics are, how much you have been working, if you are over doing it. it would take action.