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Australian farmers have developed robots that can weed crops.

More than 60 of the world's leading robotics engineers and academics gathered at Sydney University on Wednesday for the first ever conference on agricultural robotics and revealed that their new inventions could revolutionize farming.

Dr. Robert Fitch, manager of systems planning at the Robotics Center (ACFR), told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that he has developed a robot that can kill weeds.

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