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Robot and human harvest together

Farmers aim to decrease the use of herbicides. But, there is insufficient labour available in both conventional and organic farming to remove weeds and harvest by hand. Wageningen researchers develop self-learning robots that pull weeds and harvest with increasing skill. Since humans and robots will likely increasingly work together in the future, they also consider the ethical issues this collaboration poses. Do you think a robot should work in the same way a human does?