need to cut costs and increase efficiency , and it can apply at either end of the industry spectrum .

In November of last year , at Harper Adams University in the UK , in a project called the ‘ Hands Free Hectare ’, around five tonnes of barley was successfully planted , tended and harvested by autonomous vehicles and drones .

No people were involved in the tending of the crops , with the purpose of the project being to show that we are very much at a point of technological maturity where robots can handle the full food production process from seed to harvest .

Another area which is seeing hefty disruption is the food delivery space , with cities around the world now beginning to see the usage of delivery robots . Starship Technologies , market

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