Robots and AI could transform future of farming, says expert

Professor Gerry Lacey of Maynooth University. Picture: Bairbre Holmes/PA

In the near future, the sight of robots trundling through rural fields could be as familiar as that of combine harvesters and tractors, according to Professor Gerry Lacey.

The robotics expert, along with his team of “enthusiastic young people”, are working on a range of experiments to push the boundaries of modern farming at the Automating Regenerative Agriculture (Aura) project at Maynooth University.