ROBOT CITY

OMAFRA horticulture weed specialist Kristen Obeid stands in front of a solar-powered FarmDroid, an autonomous cultivator weeder and seeder made in Denmark. It moves slowly, doesn’t need recharging and can handle almost 15 acres a day.

WOODSTOCK — There were daily demonstrations of robots at the Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock last month.

The odd-looking machines are increasing in popularity among field vegetable growers who prefer to lease them. All the robotics were provided by Haggerty AgRobotics, of Bothwell, in Western Ontario.