{"id":6963,"date":"2022-09-08T10:37:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T08:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/08\/grapes-berries-and-robots-is-silicon-valley-coming-for-farm-workers-jobs\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T10:37:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T08:37:58","slug":"grapes-berries-and-robots-is-silicon-valley-coming-for-farm-workers-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/08\/grapes-berries-and-robots-is-silicon-valley-coming-for-farm-workers-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Grapes, berries and robots: is Silicon Valley coming for farm workers jobs?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The global ag-tech revolution has sped up in recent years, spurring a debate on how it will affect the workforce<\/p>\n

The robots have arrived in California\u2019s fields. This summer, a self-driving tractor<\/a> was spotted working rows of vines in Napa valley. Described as resembling a \u201csouped-up golf cart\u201d, the tractor runs on an electric battery and can be operated remotely with an app.<\/p>\n

Farther south, strawberry harvesting robots<\/a> have been picking fruit. Complete with wheels, clipper-tipped arms and a catchment tray, its maker claims the machine can pick almost as many berries as a human with 95% accuracy.<\/p>\n

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\nThe global ag-tech revolution has sped up in recent years, spurring a debate on how it will affect the workforce
\nThe robots have arrived in California\u2019s fields. This summer, a self-driving tractor was spotted working rows of vines in Napa valley. Described as resembling a \u201csouped-up golf cart\u201d, the tractor runs on an electric battery and can be operated remotely with an app.
\nFarther south, strawberry harvesting robots have been picking fruit. Complete with wheels, clipper-tipped arms and a catchment tray, its maker claims the machine can pick almost as many berries as a human with 95% accuracy. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The global ag-tech revolution has sped up in recent years, spurring a debate on how it will affect the workforce The robots have arrived in California\u2019s fields. This summer, a self-driving tractor was spotted working rows of vines in Napa valley. Described as resembling a \u201csouped-up golf cart\u201d, the tractor runs on an electric battery …<\/p>\n

Grapes, berries and robots: is Silicon Valley coming for farm workers jobs?<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6963"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}