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Robots will help farmers - 26th October 2020
Alphabet is a technology company. It owns Google. Alphabet is making some new robots. The robots help farmers. The robots check farmers' plants.
The robots have long legs. They can drive over the plants. They don't hurt the plants. The robots look at the plants. They find out lots of information about the plants.
The robots are part of Project Mineral. Project Mineral uses new technology. It wants to change how farms work.
Elliot Grant is the boss of Project Mineral. He thinks the robots will help farmers.
At the moment, farmers can find out some information about their plants. They can learn about the ground. They can check the weather. But these robots can give farmers a lot more information.
Today, the robots are working in Argentina, Canada and the US. Soon, they may be working all over the world.
