Lessons to be learned in adoption of autonomous equipment for field crops
Lowenberg-DeBoer, J.M., Behrendt, K., Ehlers, M., Dillon, C., Gabriel, A., Huang, I.Y., Kumwenda, I., Mark, T., Meyer‐Aurich, A., Milics, G., Olagunju, K.O., Pedersen, S.M., Shockley, J. and Rose, D. (2021) Lessons to be learned in adoption of autonomous equipment for field crops. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy.
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Abstract
Autonomous equipment for crop production is on the verge of technical and economic feasibility, but government regulation may slow its adoption. Key regulatory issues include requirements for on-site human supervision, liability for autonomous machine error, and intellectual property in robotic learning. As an example of the impact of regulation on the economic benefits of autonomous crop equipment, analysis from the United Kingdom suggests that requiring 100% on-site human supervision almost wipes out the economic benefits of autonomous crop equipment for small and medium farms and increases the economies-of-scale advantage of larger farms.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | autonomous, economies of scale, farm size, regulation, robot |
| Divisions: | Food, Land and Agribusiness Management |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Rachael Giles |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2021 13:00 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2021 13:00 |
| URI: | https://hau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17736 |
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