AI-powered Rbots Are Helping Farms人工智能机器人进驻农场

In today’s farms， many robots are busy doingfarmwork under the sun just like human. Farmers areturning to AI robots for help by bringing computersand robots to their farms. One such company2， Farmng，is using AI-powered robots to do a lot of farmwork，like picking apples， growing vegetables， moving plantsand so on.

With the help of AI-powered Robots， these farmsare able to do farmwork more quickly—picking aplant in eight seconds—than human3 hands andcheaper than human at the same time. Human needto take a break after a day’s work， but robots don’t.Some robots even work in the evening. Human gethurt4 easily but robots don’t.

Also， AI-powered robots can see more thanhuman， because they have cameras5 and GPS.Drones6， a kind of AI plane， fly in the sky and watchthe farms， so farmers can know their farms better.With cameras and GPS， robots are better at findingfruits in the trees than human eyes， and also canknow which fruit is mature7 by looking at its color.

AI-powered robots are good for the envi -ronment8， too. By using AI-powered robots forfarmwork like weeding9， farmers can cut down theneed for harmful pesticides10.

But AI-powered robots have problems， too. Manyfruits and vegetables are easy to go bad in hotweather. When picking those fruits and vegetables，human hands are better than most AI-powered robots.Some people think human may lose job becauserobots are doing their work. But they are wrong.There is always some work AI robots can’t do.

现如今的农场里有不少机器人像人一样在太阳底下忙碌地干着农活，农民通过引入电脑和机器人进农场来实现让人工智能机器人帮忙的目的。Farm-ng 是一家相关领域的公司，正应用机器人做各种各样的农活，摘苹果、种蔬菜、移动植物都不在话下。

在人工智能机器人的帮助下，农场干活的速度更为迅速，机器人8 秒钟内能完成一颗植株的采摘，比人手快，而且也比人工便宜。在干完一天的农活后，人需要休息，但是机器人不需要，它们甚至可以在晚上工作。有些时候，人容易受伤，机器人则不会。

再者，人工智能机器人能够监测很多人眼无法看到的地方，因为机器人配备有摄像头和定位系统。无人机，一种人工智能飞机，在农场上空飞行的时候可以监测农场，农民便可以更好地了解农场的情况。有了摄像头和定位系统，机器人也能比人眼更快找到树上的水果，还能通过观察水果的颜色来判断是否成熟。

人工智能机器人对环境也很友好。例如用机器人除草，那农民对环境有害的杀虫剂的需求量便会降低。

但是人工智能机器人也存在一些问题。在天气炎热之时，很多水果和蔬菜容易坏。采摘时，人手要比大多数的人工智能机器人更为灵活。一些人觉得机器人做了人的工作，人就会失业，但是这种观点是不正确的，总有一些活是人工智能机器人干不了的。

（英语原文选自：westobserver.com）