Economics of robots and automation in field crop production

• Published in: Precision agriculture Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 278 - 299
• Main Authors: Lowenberg-DeBoer, James, Huang, Iona Yuelu, Grigoriadis, Vasileios, Blackmore, Simon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural economics; Agricultural equipment; agricultural machinery and equipment; Agricultural management; Agricultural technology; Agriculture; Agronomy; Atmospheric Sciences; Automation; Beryl; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Chemistry and Earth Sciences; Computer Science; Crop production; Cropping systems; data collection; Design parameters; Developed countries; Developing countries; Economics; farms; field crops; Food processing; food science; Food sources; horticulture; income; labor; LDCs; Life Sciences; markets; mechatronics; Physics; prototypes; Qualitative analysis; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; Robotics; robots; screening; Soil Science & Conservation; Statistics for Engineering; trade; Economics; Automation; Profit; Crop production; Robot; Farm labour

This study reviewed research published after 1990 on the economics of agricultural mechatronic automation and robotics, and identified research gaps. A systematic search was conducted from the following databases: ScienceDirect, Business Source Complete, Wiley, Emerald, CAB Abstract, Greenfile, Food...