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New Small-Scale Robots can Fertilize, Weed, Cull Single Plants in Field
Written by AZoRoboticsApr 30 2021
A gardener expecting the juiciest summer tomato crop might tend to every plant in a plot. However, that may not be the case with a farmer who toils to feed the world.
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed small-scale robots that can fertilize, weed and cull single plants in a field. This photo shows testing in an Iowa State University soybean plot. Larger photo. Image Credit: Ashlyn Rairdin and courtesy of Soumik Sarkar/Iowa State University.
Scientists are now confident that this could be possible. They have been using and combining layers of technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, sensors, high-throughput phenotyping platforms like small-scale rolling robots and drones that can also weed, fertilize, and cull single plants in a field with the eventual aim of substituting the dependence of farmers on heavy machinery
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Vision for ultra-precision agriculture includes machine-learning enabled sensing, modeling, robots tending crops Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed small-scale robots that can fertilize, weed and cull single plants in a field. This photo shows testing in an Iowa State University soybean plot. Larger photo. Photo by Ashlyn Rairdin and courtesy of Soumik Sarkar/Iowa State University.
AMES, Iowa – A gardener hoping for a crop of the juiciest summer tomatoes might tend to each and every plant in a plot. But a farmer working to feed the world?
Researchers believe that may be possible. They’re applying and integrating layers of technologies – including sensors, machine learning, artificial intelligence, high-throughput phenotyping platforms such as drones and small-scale rolling robots that can also fertilize, weed and cull single plants in a field – with the ultimate goal of replacing farmers’ reliance on heavy machinery an