  Agricultural mechanization is an area of knowledge that has evolved a lot
over the past century, its main actors being agricultural tractors that, in 100
years, have increased their powers by 3,300%. This evolution has resulted in an
exponential increase in the field capacity of such machines. However, it has
also generated negative results such as excessive consumption of fossil fuel,
excessive weight on the soil, very high operating costs, and millionaire
acquisition value. This paper aims to present an antiparadigmatic alternative
in this area. It is proposing a swarm of small electric robotic tractors that
together have the same field capacity as a large tractor with an internal
combustion engine. A comparison of costs and field capacity between a 270 kW
tractor and a swarm of ten swarm tractors of 24 kW each was carried out. The
result demonstrated a wide advantage for the small robot team. It was also
proposed the preliminary design of an electric swarm robot tractor. Finally,
research challenges were suggested to operationalize such a proposal, calling
on the Brazilian Robotics Research Community to elaborate a roadmap for
research in the area of swarm robot for mechanized agricultural operations.
