Farm robots may lead to an ecological utopia where swarms of small robots help in overcoming the yield penalties and labor requirements associated with agroecological farming - or a dystopia with large robots cultivating monocultures. Societal discussions and policy action are needed to harness the potential of robots to serve people and the planet.
Keywords: Agriculture 4.0; agricultural robots; biodiversity; ecology; farm diversity; monocultures.
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