"Machine readable" crops can improve automatic weeding, say US researchers

Robotic weeding systems could be made more effective if they incorporate one of several vision-based methods to distinguish weed from crop, according to researchers from the universities of California and Arizona.

by Gavin McEwan
Young lettuce plants with "crop signalling" straws - image: University of California
Young lettuce plants with "crop signalling" straws - image: University of California

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