Counsel & Heal – February 1, 2016 – Spread, a company in Japan, is planning to build the world’s first farm run by robots. Hence, it will convert the current one, called the Kameoka Plant farm, into a Vegetable Factory by 2017. While it is currently employing human labor and producing 21,000 heads of lettuce a day, its plan is to accelerate production to 30,000 heads through robots.
The robots, though, don’t look like little, machine men. But they are conveyor belts with arms, according to TECH Insider All the processes, such as planting seeds, watering plants and trimming lettuces will be undertaken by them.
The farm will be an indoor facility growing plants with the help of LED lights while crops will be grown on racks.
“Our mission is to help create a sustainable society where future generations will not have to worry about food security and food safety,” spokesperson J.J. Price said. “This means that we will have to make it affordable for everyone and begin to grow staple crops and plant protein to make a real difference.”
Construction will begin this spring, and the project will cost over $16 million. Spread hopes to earn $8 million annually with the farm. The farm hopes that they can grow 80,000 heads of lettuce after it begins to operate, according to the Daily Mail.