End of farm labor - Aussie robot can herd cattle while robot in England harvests crops

Robots will replace manual laborers in decades to come.

Robots that can herd cattle and harvest crops are being rolled out for tests in England and Australia. The development of these machines promises to transform the agriculture industry.

LOS ANGELES, CA (California Network) - One robot can herd cattle and pull a small trailer, another can pick broccoli six times as fast as a human. Both machines are being tested and could revolutionize agriculture.

Australian scientists have unveiled the SwagBot, capable robot on four long, wheeled legs, that can herd cattle and haul light loads around the Australian outback. The robot can pull a trailer through the mud, among other talents.

The robot is serving as a test bed for technology that will later be used to herd cattle and more.

Another robot is being developed in England. This machine can spot and harvest broccoli six times faster than a human. It already operates with 90 percent accuracy. The machine uses a 3D camera taken from an X-Box Kinect.

Robots are the future of agriculture and many repetitive, manual tasks. Unlike the human workers they will replace, robots do not unionize or demand wages or concessions in working conditions. They are never sick, or tired, or lazy. And while they may be expensive up front, they pay for themselves quickly.

This may seem like a disaster for humanity, but it does not have to be so. Some of the money that employers save by laying off millions of workers can be collected and put into education. These laborers will have to develop new skills to make themselves relevant in the new economy.  Education systems will need to adjust to teach children new skills.

Such changes may be costly int he short term, but they will be much less expensive than sustaining or policing people who have no skills for life.

Experts predict that within the next 20 years, most manual jobs will be automated as artificial intelligence and advances in robotics surpass human capabilities.

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