Rob Scoble: farm automation is barely started — vineyard robots could save farmers millions

Scobleizer · x · 2026-11-01

Scoble argues investors obsess over SpaceX or Anthropic while overlooking "boring" sectors like farming, where only a tiny fraction of farms are automated. A robot driving vineyard rows can detect disease and save farmers millions—and spot other risks too. The post cites the Red Sky Summit at Reservoir Farms (Nov 3, Santa Rosa), an AgTech event on wildfire resilience, smoke taint science, and technology for vineyards.

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