Robots in Agriculture: AI-Powered Weed Plucker 🤖
Gone are the days of manual weeding! Meet Ekobot WEAI, the AI-powered wheeled robot developed by Swedish company Ekobot AB. 🇸🇪
This autonomous robot can swiftly recognize and pluck weeds in large fields of vegetables, offering an eco-friendly alternative to herbicides. 🌿
🔹 Battery-powered, operating 10-12 hours/day
🔹 Weighs 600 kg
🔹 Top speed: 5 km/h
🔹 AI machine vision system for weed identification
🔹 Metal fingers for precise weed removal
In trials, this innovation reduced pesticide use by 70%, promoting sustainable farming practices. 🌾🤯 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/mother-plucker-steel-fingers-guided-by-ai-pluck-weeds-rapidly-and-autonomously/