Prospero: The farmer with six legs - Technology & science - Science - DiscoveryNews.com - msnbc.com:
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The future of farming lies not with genetically engineered seeds or super-fertilizers. Instead it may come in new ways to plant, grow and harvest crops using robots instead of tractors.
That's according to an Iowa-based inventor who is basing his new bio-inspired autonomous robo-farmer on the swarming skills of insects, birds and fish.
By integrating swarm technology with game theory and robotic cooperation through infrared communications, David Dourhout has built several bug-like robo-farmers called Prospero that can plant individual seeds and remember where they are.
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