Python-powered machine-learning tool drives robot farming project

New AI-powered farming machines trained on the PyTorch framework are being developed to help farmers produce more food with fewer resources. Blue River Technology is using the PyTorch machine-learning framework to train robotic crop sprayers to identify and map weeds as they move through a field. Using a high-resolution camera array, the system instructs the machines exactly where to spray herbicide, killing weeds while leaving precious crops unharmed. Artificial intelligence in the real world: What can it actually do? What are the limits of AI?