Automation in the food Industry

So, I'm doing my report on automation as you can probably tell from the title.  Food automation is not just like the autonomous machines you see in factories building cars and phones and pretty much anything complicated, These machines can be seen in almost any point of food production from planting to processing to delivery.  Pretty interesting stuff if you've been following the trend of global automation for a while, what got my attention the most was an NPR article I was reading about how there are disposable drones (Link below)

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/03/02/517043932/someday-disposable-drones-may-deliver-their-load-then-vanish

These drones are made of cardboard and other biodegradable materials and make journeys to areas that need urgent supplies of food and medicine, you know, the stuff people kinda need to live their lives.  Once the drone completes its drop off, it dies and disappears.  This allows inexpensive transportation and therefore can help save hundreds maybe thousands of people.  It's probably a good thing.  Each drone can cost between $250 and $1,000 including guidance and navigation systems making these things to be viable  The 8 Million dollar project called ICARUS (Inbound, Controlled, Air-Releasable, Nonrecoverable Systems). Fitting as Icarus in greek mythology flew too close to the sun and his wings got burned off.  This 8 Million Dollar project is being headed by your friendly neighborhood DARPA, DARPA are the same people who brought us entertainment in kicking around their expensive robots in short youtube videos you have probably seen.
 
So yeah, because of the good folks at the R&D department of the federal government you might just get saved by a flying cardboard box, that can reach you in minutes, better deal than Amazon Prime, I think.