Agricultural Humanoids · Part of The Humanoid Group
About Agricultural Humanoids
Agricultural Humanoids reports on robots for fields, orchards, barns and dairies, with a plain look at cost, terrain and seasonal work. The Humanoid Group runs the site as part of its family of specialist guides.
Sources we rely on
- ISO 18497-1:2024 Agricultural machinery and tractors: safety of automated and autonomous machinery, Part 1 — International Organization for Standardization.
Design principles and vocabulary for partially automated, semi-autonomous and autonomous farm machines and tractors. - Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles — European Union (EUR-Lex).
EU type-approval and market surveillance rules for tractors and other agricultural and forestry vehicles. - Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides — European Union (EUR-Lex).
EU framework for pesticide use, including the general prohibition of aerial spraying and the terms for derogations. - Dispensing Chemicals and Agricultural Products (Part 137) with UAS — US Federal Aviation Administration.
FAA guidance on the exemptions, operator certificate and weight thresholds for drones that spray or spread on farms. - The State of Food and Agriculture 2022: Leveraging automation in agriculture for transforming agrifood systems — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
FAO flagship report on how mechanisation, robotics and digital tools are changing crop and livestock farming. - Defra-led review of automation in horticulture — Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
UK government review of how far automation can reduce seasonal labour needs in horticulture, with recommendations. - A multi-disciplinary approach to assess the welfare impacts of a new virtual fencing technology — Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
Peer-reviewed framework for judging animal welfare under virtual fencing, using stress, behaviour and learning measures.