and we will come back to the hands—free hectare inafew come back to the hands—free hectare in a few minutes have an advantage over farmers because you don't need as many people operating or supervising them and of course farming automation is happening across the board. last week we saw a pepper picking robot in australia. and as brexit threatens to cut down the number of people available to work on the land, this could become increasing —— increasingly important. now we go to the netherlands to look at more development in automated picking. selective harvesting of delicate crops like strawberries, mushrooms and crops like strawberries, mushrooms a nd flowers crops like strawberries, mushrooms and flowers is physical and repetitive work. the crops are easily damaged, resulting in financial losses to farmers. traditionally these industries have attracted migrant workers but with standards of living rising across the globe, the work is not as attractive as it once was. leading some farmers to consider how robots could fill in the gaps. many countries around the world are facing a labour short

welcome to the hands free hectare. at harper adams university, along with agricultural engineers, have already completed a whole year of sowing, growing and harvesting spring barley, all using autonomous machinery and without a single human touching the crops. and how have you made them autonomous? it looks like you've had a go yourself. so everything we've used is off the shelf, you could buy yourself, and it revolves around the open source autopilot from a drone, and then we've had to adapt our tractors' manual controls with motors and actuators. and we'll come back to the hands free hectare in a few minutes. these machines have an advantage for farmers because you don't need as many people operating or supervising them and, of course, farming automation is happening across the board. last week, we saw a pepper—picking robot in australia. and as brexit threatens to cut down the number of people available to work on the land, this could become increasingly important. jen copestake has been the netherlands to see some

welcome to the hands free hectare.esearchers at harper adams university, along with agricultural engineers, have already completed a whole year of sowing, growing and harvesting spring barley, all using autonomous machinery and without a single human touching the crops. and how have you made the autonomous? it looks like you've had a go yourself. so everything we've used is off the shelf, you could buy yourself, and it revolves around the open source autopilot from a drone, and then we've had to adapt the tractors‘ manual controls with motors and actuators. and we will come back to the hands free hectare in a few minutes. these machines have an advantage for farmers because you don't need as many people operating or supervising them and, of course, farming automation is happening across the board. last week, we saw a pepper picking robot in australia. and, as brexit threatens to cut down the number of people available to work on the land, this could become increasingly important. jen copestake has been the netherlands

welcome to the hands free hectare.mous machinery and without a single human touching the crops. and how have you made them autonomous? it looks like you've had a go yourself. so everything we've used is off the shelf, you could buy yourself, and it revolves around the open source autopilot from a drone, and then we've had to adapt our tractors' manual controls with motors and actuators. and we'll come back to the hands free hectare in a few minutes. these machines have an advantage for farmers because you don't need as many people operating or supervising them and, of course, farming automation is happening across the board. last week, we saw a pepper—picking robot in australia. and as brexit threatens to cut down the number of people available to work on the land, this could become increasingly important. jen copestake has been to the netherlands to see some more developments in automated picking. selective harvesting of delicate crops like strawberries, mushrooms and flowers is physical and repetitive work. the crops