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How a farm in remote Queensland became a high tech AI hub

How a farm in remote Queensland became a high tech AI hub

Andrew and Jocie Bate are changing the way the world farms, using robots developed and built on their property near Emerald.

Queensland couple Andrew and Jocie Bate, the masterminds behind world-leading agritech company SwarmFarm Robotics. John Elliott

On a large grain farm near Emerald in central Queensland, Juliet is toiling 24 hours straight without a break, spraying chemicals on weeds in a 200-hectare wheat field.

But Juliet is not some overworked farm employee, forced to relentlessly slave in the blistering heat of a typical Australian summer day by an overbearing boss.

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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/technology/how-a-farm-in-remote-queensland-became-a-high-tech-ai-hub-20200116-p53s5f