In today's society, technology has made huge breakthroughs where our life is made easier. One place most people do not think about in the category is agriculture. Agriculture today has several advancements that help farmers obtain cheaper and better food. Furthermore, in the near future, new products will make their work even more productive.

In wineries around the world, farmers prefer to use the best grapes to make their wine the best it can possibly be. In order to acquire these grapes, farmers in the past had to examine the entire harvest to weed out the unworthy. Today, Fresno State students and faculty are working to create "a sophisticated wine grape harvesting system that uses GPS, GIS, near-infrared sensors and automated machinery to harvest only the most desirable fruit in a vineyard" [13]. This is a significant step forward in the field, because it reduces the need for human inspection in order to ascertain quality.

A popular name in the agricultural robot industry is 'AgBot’. AgBot is a multipurpose robot for use in agriculture that has a variety of possible uses. One of these uses is weeding. The AgBot uses image recognition software to recognize different leaf patterns and base the type of plant off of that. When AgBot finds a weed, it cuts it down, and applies a specific amount and type of herbicide to the root. Although still in prototype phases, it shows great promises in the near future, as it uses a small fraction of the herbicide used today.

While AgBot may appear simple, it is not. It is equipped with two cameras that measure depth perception and includes a version of Windows XP onboard, an 80 gigabyte hard drive, and a wireless connection to the internet. The amount of information that can be collected is very large, so the possibilities are endless.

Armed with these and many other high tech robots, a slightly delayed robotic agriculture revolution is underway, helping farmers do their jobs more efficiently and helping feed more of our population.