Contribution of robotics in smart farming: A review

For a long time, various farming activities are being performed precisely to fulfill food resource requirements. The farming activities are time and energy-consuming. With the increasing young population and the ageing of the old population, farming activities are being ignored. Further, with the increased industrial revolution, farmers have faced many problems such as complex working conditions, lack of skilled labor, less land size, and many more, which are causing less productivity and less profit. In such a case, the application of robotics is more effective. Over the past few years, there is a lot of research undertaken to develop smart farming with the help of agriculture robots and modern technology. The available review papers fail to highlight the contribution of robotics in the development of smart farming remarkably. The proposed work aims to review the significant impact and contribution of robotics in the development of smart farming. More than one hundred papers were reviewed to analyze the contribution of robotics to smart farming. From them, the fourth nine papers are taken out to cite in the proposed work. The contribution of robotics in smart farming is highlighted with the crop growth cycle phases such as cultivation, monitoring, and harvesting, followed by the tabular representation of review analysis and the comparative discussion. Robotics technology has replaced most of the major activities of crop growth phases. The contribution of wheel robotics is remarkable. The paper concludes with the various conclusions of the study and highlights future work.