The Future Of Agriculture Is In The Hands Of AI Articles Innovation

While developing countries are hungry for agricultural knowledge, the developed world is using millions of tons of pesticides and herbicides where it could have been avoided. A company called Blue River Technology came up with the solution and introduced its LettuceBot which looks like a typical tractor but in reality, is a machine-learning powered equipment. The bot can roll through a field and photograph up to 5,000 young plants every minute, using algorithms to identify plants as sprouts, weeds or lettuce. If it spots a lettuce that is not growing right, it will spray it too, to help create a more uniform and healthy crop. Considering that the only alternative is the traditional approach of spraying herbicides on everything, the method could be revolutionary.