Labor-saving businesses are expanding into agriculture, public transportation and other fields, with technology being used to help maintain essential infrastructure in regional areas facing worsening labor shortages amid the declining birth rate and aging population. The article also discusses a case in which オプティム uses drones to spray agricultural chemicals, potentially reducing substantially the personnel required for conventional helicopter-based work.
Maintaining essential infrastructure has become a challenge in regional areas where the declining birth rate, aging population and population decline are progressing, and labor-saving businesses are spreading into fields such as agriculture and public transportation. With no time to wait for further technological development, efforts are advancing to automate bus operations and use drones in place of people for public infrastructure inspections.
In agriculture, the shortage of workers is becoming increasingly severe, and オプティム is using drones to spray agricultural chemicals. The article reports that this could substantially reduce the personnel required compared with helicopter-based operations.
As population decline continues in regional areas, these efforts are spreading beyond agriculture to a range of areas, including the monitoring and inspection of public infrastructure. The spread of labor-saving technologies is expected to help address the challenge of maintaining essential infrastructure in regional areas.