The CIMAT robot drives autonomously on the field, but that isn’t the most interesting part. It enables to destroy weeds based on a task map. The task map is created with drone images, which are sent and processed in the cloud. This fits perfectly into the framework of precision agriculture. In precise farming, we try to minimise our inputs: in this case, plant protection products or fuel.
The Treebot is a much smaller platform. This one is used in small fruit or free nurseries. In some demonstrations, with gave it a hyperspectral sensor to determine the ripeness of grapes. In blueberry we used camera images for site-specific weed control close to the truck.
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