By 2017 , the Japanese firmSpreadhopes to afford the worldly concern ’s first full robotic farm . This is great news for the environmentandthe party ’s profits , provided theartificially intelligent machine uprisingdoesn’t bump .
They plan to get make the factory in Kizugawa , Kyoto during spring 2016 and hope it ’ll be up and running by summer 2017 . The farm will be a 4,800 square metre ( 52,000 square metrical foot ) indoor complex which will cost an forecast 2 billion yen ( $ 16.6 million , £ 10.8 million ) to build up and evolve .
According toThe Wall Street Journal , Spread is fine - tuning the technology to deal the seeding outgrowth and still take humanity to be certain the moolah seeds have germinated . Other than that , the engineering is in office for amply automate rearing of the seedlings , transplanting them into a larger seam , nurturing and harvesting .
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The Kyoto - based firm Spread already produces 21,000 heads of lettuce every day in farms using hokey lighting . After their farms get their robotlike revamp , they guess they will produce 30,000 heads a day .
Fast Companyreports that the switch to robot assistance will reduce lying-in costs by 50 % . However , the move to to the full automatise their farm does not just come in to bolster their banking concern counterpoise , but also to help oneself the environment . The farm will reuse 98 % of weewee used for finish . It will be made tiptop - effective through " cultivation surround ascendency technology " which will habituate data processor to regulate and stabilise all the conditions such as lighting , temperature , humidness , C dioxide levels and H2O quality . Because the farm is indoors , there is also no need for harmful pesticides or insecticides .
The farm will also be more hygienic thanks to murder germ - laden humans from the process . talk toFast caller , a representative of Spread said that , " Full automation also reduce the crops ' exposure to human inter-group communication during refinement , further reducing the risk of contaminant , and increase the hygienic levels in the field . "
