Robots in agriculture – A case-based discussion of ethical concerns on job loss, responsibility, and data control

There is a growing interest in using robots in agriculture due to increasing challenges of labour scarcity and cost. Field robots are expected to help overcome these challenges and to contribute to financial, environmental and social sustainability. However, socially responsible introduction of fiel...

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Main Authors: Sune Holm, Søren Marcus Pedersen, Tseganesh Wubale Tamirat
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Smart Agricultural Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772375524002387
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description There is a growing interest in using robots in agriculture due to increasing challenges of labour scarcity and cost. Field robots are expected to help overcome these challenges and to contribute to financial, environmental and social sustainability. However, socially responsible introduction of field crop robots will require awareness and consideration of ethical trade-offs by stakeholders including farmers, regulators, and manufacturers. In this article we discuss the ethical themes of job loss, moral responsibility, and data control in light of the results of sixteen interviews with key stakeholders conducted in 2022 under a European research project named Robs4crops.
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spelling doaj-art-5aa760eb2ab8418bbbc2af7d3bfac37f2024-12-13T11:08:08ZengElsevierSmart Agricultural Technology2772-37552024-12-019100633Robots in agriculture – A case-based discussion of ethical concerns on job loss, responsibility, and data controlSune Holm0Søren Marcus Pedersen1Tseganesh Wubale Tamirat2Corresponding author.; Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958, Frederiksberg CDepartment of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958, Frederiksberg CDepartment of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958, Frederiksberg CThere is a growing interest in using robots in agriculture due to increasing challenges of labour scarcity and cost. Field robots are expected to help overcome these challenges and to contribute to financial, environmental and social sustainability. However, socially responsible introduction of field crop robots will require awareness and consideration of ethical trade-offs by stakeholders including farmers, regulators, and manufacturers. In this article we discuss the ethical themes of job loss, moral responsibility, and data control in light of the results of sixteen interviews with key stakeholders conducted in 2022 under a European research project named Robs4crops.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772375524002387RobotsAgricultureEthicsDataJob lossResponsibility
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Robots in agriculture – A case-based discussion of ethical concerns on job loss, responsibility, and data control
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Robots
Agriculture
Ethics
Data
Job loss
Responsibility
title Robots in agriculture – A case-based discussion of ethical concerns on job loss, responsibility, and data control
title_full Robots in agriculture – A case-based discussion of ethical concerns on job loss, responsibility, and data control
title_fullStr Robots in agriculture – A case-based discussion of ethical concerns on job loss, responsibility, and data control
title_full_unstemmed Robots in agriculture – A case-based discussion of ethical concerns on job loss, responsibility, and data control
title_short Robots in agriculture – A case-based discussion of ethical concerns on job loss, responsibility, and data control
title_sort robots in agriculture a case based discussion of ethical concerns on job loss responsibility and data control
topic Robots
Agriculture
Ethics
Data
Job loss
Responsibility
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