Check out this video from a field robot event at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, courtesy of Epoch Times online.
“We can reduce the amount of chemicals we use by the very precise application and by doing so, we will also reduce emissions and residuals of chemicals on food.”
Putting theory into practice, students and engineers held a Field Robot Event at the Wageningen University campus last month.
They tested small, driveable machines averaging between 50 to 80 centimeters in width and no more than 40 centimeters in height. Cameras, sonar, infrared and GPS sensors helped the machines steer in the right direction
The robots can distinguish between good and bad plants. They are designed to direct a detergent spray on weeds with such high precision that they avoid touching the crop itself.
The Field Robot Event tested the tiny machines’ ability to navigate and detect weeds.
[Professor Eldert Van Henten, Wageningen University]:
“What we see is that currently tractors are already using auto-steering and GPS so in a way we are supporting human labor with technology. The next step might be that the farmer is supervising one or two additional tractors, still having supervision and then further future might be that robots are truly autonomous on the field.”
3 Comments on “Precision Agriculture: Robot-Style”
hello; please send me robot Applications in precision farming and their Definitions and explanations and image. thank you
hello; please send me robot Applications in precision farming and their Definitions and explanations and image. thank you
Hello,
We (my friend and I, we’re working on a school project) could not find your email above, so are hoping that you could get back to us before September 19th, 2014 (USA time). We have a question concerning your field robot that is spoken of above. We would like to know it’s name, how the robot is taught to perform it’s functions, and how much money does this robot cost? Also, if you have any other information about this robot, (including a website, that would be extremely helpful), about this robot, it would be greatly appreciated if you would share.
Also, we are 8th grade students at Oak Grove Middle School in Minnesota, USA. We are working with robots for a Technology Education project.
Thank you!
-OGMS Students