Robots key to new ways of farming as labour shortage looms in Japan

According to The Asahi Shimbun, with Japan facing a significant labour shortage on the horizon, many industries including the agricultural and manufacturing sectors are hoping robots will be a high-tech game changer.
Some robots are already turning up in unexpected places, including a bell pepper farm in Shintomi, Miyazaki Prefecture, on the main southern island of Kyushu.
The farm is run by Agrist, a startup company using advanced technology in place of human workers.
The L robot harvests bell peppers. The robot's artificial intelligence was trained to recognize fruit ripe for harvesting by being shown about 30,000 images of ripe bell peppers.
The robot glides between the rows of plants on wires near the ceiling of the vinyl house. When it’s two cameras detect a ripe pepper, a robot arm extends to cut the fruit and place it in a cart.

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15107118
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