Robotic seeding: economic perspectives

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Agricultural robotics has received attention for approximately 20 years, but today there are only a few examples of the application of robots in agricultural practice. The lack of uptake may be (at least partly) because in many cases there is either no compelling economic benefit, or there is a benefit but it is not recognized. The aim of this chapter is to quantify the economic benefits from the application of agricultural robots under a specific condition where such a benefit is assumed to exist, namely the case of early seeding and re-seeding in sugar beet. With some predefined assumptions with regard to speed, capacity and seed mapping, we found that among these two technical systems both early seeding with a small robot and re-seeding using a robot for a smaller part of the field appear to be financially viable solutions in sugar beet production.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPrecision agriculture : technology and economic perspectives
EditorsSøren Marcus Pedersen, Kim Martin Lind
Number of pages13
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2017
Pages167-179
Chapter8
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-68713-1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-68715-5
Publication statusPublished - 2017
SeriesProgress in Precision Agriculture
Number1
ISSN2511-2260

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