Australia's First Fully Automated Smart Farm Will Use Only Robots For Field Work

Australia's Charles Sturt University (CSU) has announced plans to create a "hands-free" smart farm where robots will do all the work -- no human laborers required. The challenge: The majority of the food we eat comes from farms, and as the population grows, so does the amount of food needed to feed it. However, there's a lot of work that needs to be done around a farm, and many farmers are having trouble finding people to do it. Labor shortages have been a chronic problem in farms throughout the developed world. The idea: Robots and AI could help close the labor gap, literally doing the jobs people used to do.