Today, I saw this entry from machineslikeus.com that has a story of how imaging systems could be used to aid in harvesting crops. Several days ago, in fact on the RobotNext Weekly Newswrap, I linked to a story of swarm robots that are being tested in the Netherlands for farm use. Now, this is a good example of two robotic systems that could benefit by working together. It would be a great idea to combine the imaging system from the UK with the robots from the Netherlands. Although the Netherlands robots are being promoted as a way to apply precision amounts of pesticides and fertilizers, why could they not also be used for harvesting purposes. Not only that, but the imaging systems could help in cultivation of crops by the farmbots. See the video of the farming robots to get an idea of how these machines could work on agricultural lands.
Intelligent harvesting robot to save farms money. Tue, 08/11/2009 – 13:57 – NLN. Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington have developed imaging technology to be used in an intelligent harvesting machine that …
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Intelligent harvesting robot to save farms money | Machines Like Us
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Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:05:25 GMT
But a swarm of small robots could quite possibly replace these agricultural giants in farming of the future. Wageningen University Agricultural Professor …
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