Agriculture is a food producing industry. Most of the rural households depends on agriculture for their survival. For increasing population requires the food production to be increased with good quality. The Growth, development and stability of the Indian economy is highly depends on the agriculture. There is variety of task to be performed to produce a food in agriculture. This paper presented an overview of worldwide development and present status of automation and robotics technologies used in precision agriculture application.

The present study is an attempt to analyze the impact of improved technologies on rice production in North Konkan regions of Maharashtra. The studies undertaken so far had mostly focused on the favorable effects of technological change. The study is based on primary data collected from 270 rice growers from North Konkan region. The data were collected through personal interview method. At the overall level, technology adoption index score in study area was 66.37 percent. The lower of technology adoption index were found in use of FYM/green manuring, Urea briquette, P and K. The per hectare total cost of cultivation (Cost-C2) of low adopters, medium adopters, high adopters and overall level was ` 96221.52, 93393.95, 82464.22 and ` 91591.80 respectively. per hectare yield was increased 29.98 q in low adopters to 35.98 q in high adopters with an overall average of 34.21 q. Per hectare gross returns, it was highest in high adopter (`65080.60) followed by medium adopter (61388.70) and low adopter (53958.10). The benefit cost ratio at cost C1 (0.76) and cost C2 (0.67) was negative at overall level, but it was increased from low to high adopters. Net incremental benefits was found for medium group (10258.17), high level of adoption group (24879.81) and (12395.32) at overall level of adoption.