Are we ready for technological reform in the labor and productive world?
Sebastián Edwards Figueroa is a Chilean economist, international consultant and writer based in the United States, a country of which he is also a citizen. The economist is generally consulted by the media on major issues of the economy and development of the countries and the region. In recent days he traveled to Chile on the occasion of the presidential elections, and on the occasion he took the opportunity to comment on the issue that, according to him, should be addressed in the immediate future.
"In the next eight years we will be invaded by foreigners," he said, clarifying that he does not refer to the wave of immigration that has shaken Chile in recent years.
"We will be invaded and no one speaks on the issue," he insisted. "I am referring to the invasion of robots ... there are thousands of robotic devices, of different uses and qualities that will invade the world of work and production, for which we have not prepared ourselves," says the international consultant.
The issue has been discussed in the pages of Blueberries Consulting, because it is a fact that agriculture, and specifically the agrofrutícola industry, will be the main source of use of this new technology and new intelligence, due not only to the qualities of the crop and its management, which is orderly and accustomed to the technification and systematization, but also for the quality of its human resource, which is familiar with automation, science and new digital technologies.
The main thing is that the productive efficiency of this technology, equipped with artificial intelligence, generates a lower environmental impact, which makes it a great objective for the engineers who are dedicated to this technological development applied to agriculture. Robots are expected to bring great solutions to the inefficiencies of agriculture, whether in planting, monitoring, fertilizing, or harvesting.
"Honeycomb Intelligence"
Inventors and engineers wonder why not take today's big machines and divide them into thousands of smaller machines, operating under the concept of "honeycomb intelligence." Like an army of ants in certain tasks, such as planting, where these micro-farmers, with their small aluminum legs, can be easily transported around the field looking for the empty space where they can drill and deposit a seed. Or, thinking of weeding, the interaction of several small units moving through the field and destroying all the weeds, except the crop plant.
These ant-robots, or micro-farmers, will not be able to act on entire fields, because they are very extensive, but they will be able to provide satellite information, or obtained by drones, which will allow them to operate selectively where there is a problem to solve. This swarm of robots traveling the field and communicating with each other through infrared signals will completely free the farmer from the machine and allow him to devote more time to the economic and scientific aspects of his company.
The issue is no longer science fiction, the future is with us, and according to Sebastian Edwards, should be addressed immediately, otherwise we can face a labor crisis caused by this technological revolution that can destabilize the economy of any country.
Source: Martín Carrillo O. - Blueberries Consulting
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