Remote Farmer

This idea is pretty much as the title suggests. It all started with an idea I got from watching Wall-E where a lot of little robots were left to clean-up the Earth by compacting garbage into cubes, but really how does that help? What you really need is a little robot that would go around and plant trees, pull weeds, water plants, etc.

What if, like the rich back in Victorian times, you had a piece of land in the country that just existed to grow food for you. Do low maintenance stuff like nut and fruit trees, hazelnut bushes and some free range chickens in chicken tractors (link). Everyday you had to move the chickens, water the trees, plant some seeds, etc. So you run wireless internet out to your bit of land or run it thru an LTE link and have a little robot with a PTZ camera, an auger, an extendable arm with a grabber and a clipper, a weedwacker arm and a water tank. Basically a modified MARS rover, but on Earth designed to garden. In the winter it could automatically plow the walk.

Every day you could check on the chickens, move them to a new location, cut a few weeds, refill the drip waterers on the trees and then go back to your regular job where your boss doesn't want you to telecommute. Then on weekends you could drive out to the country and visit all your good works. IN ten years you could then retire to a lush little well tended valley full of trees, fruit and veggies.

Oh and it could also be equipped with a motion sensor, a water gun, a cattle prod and a laser, depending on the range and level of deterrent you are looking to employ to protect your homestead.