Precision robots provide weapon in war against weeds
2 February 2021 |
The ‘Dino’ navigates using GPS provided by the RTK system that is commonly used by tractor autosteer systems
Robotic weeders are in production that use image analysis to selectively target weeds with either mechanical or chemical technology.
The wrong plant in the wrong place has long been one of the greatest thorns in the farmer’s back.
Many weeds have adapted to make the most of short windows of opportunity and develop resistance to herbicides, working to limit a crop’s potential harvest, by competing with it for water, light, and nutrients.