Farm Robot Zaps Weeds With High-Powered Lasers, Eliminates Need For Toxic Herbicides
Farm Robot Zaps Weeds With High-Powered Lasers, Eliminates Need For Toxic Herbicides BY TYLER DURDEN FRIDAY, APR 30, 2021 - 09:20 PM In the same way, a self-driving car sees its surroundings on city streets, sensors that use machine learning technology allow farm robots to navigate fields. Automation is a growing presence in the farm industry, and a new generation of autonomous robots is helping farmers shape tomorrow's crops. Crops that can be harvested with barely any or no herbicides would be beneficial not just to humans but also to the environment. An oddly-shaped autonomous farm tractor can eliminate the need for toxic herbicides by using high-powered lasers to weed about 20 acres per day to solve this dilemma. Robotics company Carbon Robotics unveiled its newest weed elimination robot, Autonomous Weeder, which leverages artificial intelligence, sensors, and lasers to eliminate weeds on commercial farms. "Traditional chemicals used by farmers, such ...