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Autonomous weeding robot for agriculture

Low tech smart weeder

September 1, 2022
By Steven A Fennimore
Thanks to Steve Fennimore (UC Davis Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist) for sharing the following. "These inventors in India made a smart weeder with a smart phone. There is hope for low-cost smart weeders!" https://youtu.
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Weed zapping

August 21, 2022
From the EurekAlert! website :: Cambridge University Press :: Aug. 1, 2022 Researchers from the University of Missouri recently conducted two field studies to explore the effectiveness of electricity in weed control.
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Photo 2. Central growing point of purslane burned by lasers in a high
density planting of spinach.

Advances continue in automated weeders

August 14, 2022
By Richard F Smith
There have been significant developments in automated weeder technology in the past several years. A quick perusal of automated weeders on YouTube reveals many machines developed in diverse parts of the world.
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