Meet Angus: A Robotic Field Hand for the Autonomous Farming Revolution

The farm robot is part of Iron Ox’s aim to build hyper-efficient farms in the urban centers where most food is consumed.

By Carl Engelking
Dec 23, 2019 3:00 PMDec 23, 2019 4:00 PM
Angus farm robot
Angus in action. (Credit: Iron Ox)

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For centuries, farmers cajoled Earth’s bounty with oxen and plow. But eventually, grass-fed power gave way to steel workhorses fueled by steam and diesel — and a new era of agricultural efficiency followed. Now, rays of light from a new agricultural dawn are splintering the bucolic horizon: autonomous indoor farms tended by fleets of robots connected to hyper-efficient agro-hiveminds.

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