AI and Agriculture: here is the robot that “fulminates” the weeds
Similarly, a self-driving car sees its surroundings on city streets, sensors using AI technology allow agricultural robots to navigate the fields. Automation is a growing presence in the agricultural sector, and a new generation of autonomous robots is helping farmers shape the crops of tomorrow.
This would allow to achieve a double goal: on the one hand a healthier food, without pesticides, and on the other hand fewer toxic products in nature. A somewhat oddly shaped self-driving farm tractor can eliminate the need for toxic herbicides by using high-powered lasers to clear about 20 acres per day to solve this dilemma.
Robotics company Carbon Robotics unveiled its brand new weed killing robot, Autonomous Weeder, which uses artificial intelligence, sensors and lasers to clear weeds on commercial farms.
“Traditional chemicals used by farmers, such as herbicides, deteriorate soil health and are linked to health problems in humans and other mammals. A self-contained laser-powered weed management solution reduces or eliminates the needs of herbicide farmers, ”states the Carbon Robotics website.
Autonomous Weeder offers an economic path to organic farming that is generally labor-intensive. The robot also reduces the highly variable cost of manual labor. There is no longer a need for temporary workers, seasonal laborers: the robot-tractor will work 24 hours a day without stopping and without immediate supervision. Furthermore, agricultural plants seem much less suffering with this system.
A step forward towards a healthier future, but also a nice cut towards working strokes. What are we going to do with all these people landing?
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