At Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, within the Future Life Expo: Future City, Kubota presented an exhibition on the future of “food and agriculture.”
The exhibition theme was a “laboratory” for exploring planetary-conscious food and agriculture, addressing both human aspirations and global challenges.
We aimed to create this area where will be a place for the “germination” of insights and new ideas for the future of “food and agriculture,” which have evolved alongside humanity and connected lives.
100 years from now, and even further into the future, what will we be eating?
Throughout history, countless people have contributed to the food we eat. At the same time, we have refined technology and transformed agriculture to ensure that everyone can eat with peace of mind.
In a way, food is proof of the life we have cultivated. To consider the future of food and agriculture is to consider the future of life itself.
In the years to come, what will food and farming look like?
Experience the exhibition
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“Everyday foods,” nurtured
by people’s wishes
and technologyHere, by representing the transitions of food from Society 1.0 to 4.0 in the form of bento meals, we visually conveyed the evolution of food and society, changes in values, and the cultural, lifestyle, agricultural, and food system backgrounds of each era.
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Versatile platform robots for full automation
and greening of agricultural operationsTo address the heavy reliance on manual labor still remaining in agriculture, these robots apply precision operations using robotic technology. Through communication between machines, they enable cooperative yet autonomous work, including simultaneous operation and collaborative tasks among multiple units. In addition, with a new power system, they contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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01Fully autonomous operation
Advanced intelligence allows the robot to think and make decisions in place of a farmer and perform necessary tasks.
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02Transformable body structure
From its center, the robot’s body can expand and contract from side to side, up and down, as well as forward and backward, allowing it to transform its shape according to the task at hand.
All-terrain mobility
The robot’s powerful drive train gives it excellent traction on all terrain, including on inclines and uneven surfaces. It also maintains a level deck, enabling stable cargo transportation and high-precision management operations.
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Simulation game:
toward planetary-
conscious agricultureIn the world of Society 5.0, what will be needed to deliver happy food to all the people of the world in an earth-friendly way? This simulation game,
experienced from the perspective of an agricultural manager, lets players shape the future of food and agriculture through the choices they make during the event. -
The seeds of tomorrow,
nutured by us
Everyone’s thoughts
and your own thoughtsMessages from people taking on the challenge of creating a planetary-conscious future for food and
agriculture were made into cards and shared.
Kubota place
We hold the seeds of tomorrow.
Vegetables. Rice. Wheat.
Even if their seeds are sown one day,
they won’t yield a harvest the next.
The same is true for agriculture,
which cannot be perfected overnight.
It faces a variety of challenges,
including climate change and food issues.
But today, we hold
the seeds needed to overcome
these obstacles and create a better future.
To help these seeds grow,
we need to keep learning.
Human beings have always
developed solutions,
improved technologies, and supported
the circle of life.
Now, we must consider
what we can do today
for the future of the Earth and humanity,
then put that into practice,
one step at a time.
To eat is to live,
and to raise crops is to nurture life itself.
That’s why what we do
today nurtures the lives
of those in future generations who are
yet to come.
