Global Agricultural Robotics Research and Development: Trend Forecasts

Abstract

Abstract Agricultural robots have been recognized as one of the emerging technologies with the highest potential in agriculture. Through grasping the research and development trend of international agricultural robots and analyzing the technical hot spots, the strategy or plan of agricultural robots in China can be formulated with a decision-making support. This paper applies the methods of expert consultation, qualitative investigation and quantitative analysis to analyze and summarize the hot spots and frontier of agricultural robot research and the future development trend by tracing the development course of agricultural robots at home and abroad. Based on the analysis of China’s strategic needs and key development directions for the next few years, this paper provides references and suggestions for China’s forefront planning on basic research, technological R&D and industrial layout of agricultural robots in the future.