AI-Powered Farming Robots That Work 24/7 | FULL DOCUMENTARY

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Engineers are developing solar-powered AI robots that take the back-breaking work out of farming, giving Australian farmers more control over their future than ever before. Stream more science documentaries on ABC iview: https://ab.co/ABCScienceDocos 00:00 Intro 01:40 The Reality of Cattle Farming 03:40 Meet SwagBot: The Cowboy That Never Sleeps 09:09 Professor Salah Sukkarieh's Vision For Sustainable Food 11:11 Weeding: Organic Farming's Endless Nightmare 12:25 An Organic Farmer Tests Digital Farmhand 20:40 The AI Behind Farming Robots 23:05 Testing SwagBot's Upgrades 32:35 How Machine Learning Teaches Robots 34:51 RIPPA: The Autonomous Pest-Killing Machine 37:35 Training RIPPA To Spot Pests 39:01 Will Farming Robots Steal Jobs? 42:10 Flamethrower: Success or Failure? 48:00 Will The Cows Respond To SwagBot? 53:00 SUCCESS: SwagBot Wins Over First Cow This Catalyst documentary was first broadcast in 2018 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. #Robotics #Farming #Engineering #Science #Australia Subscribe: https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Like: https://www.facebook.com/ABCScience Follow: https://www.instagram.com/ABCHealth --------------------------------------------------------------- This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Please see the ABC Online Terms of Use for the reasons why we may remove content from this page, or ban people: http://about.abc.net.au/terms-of-use/

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