WEST FARGO, N.D. — For now, they informally call it a “weedbot.”
It’s a remote-controlled robot on wheels that scientists hope will eventually will use artificial intelligence to spot-spray individual weeds in crop fields — remotely.
Surgically.
Xin (pronounced SHIN) “Rex” Sun (SOON), a North Dakota State University Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering assistant professor, is co-principal investigator on the federally-financed project at the university.
The project for now is for research and education but ultimately, principles learned today could help tomorrow’s farmers use robots to control weeds in the field.
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