Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
Robotics. Intelligence. Agriculture.
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University of Idaho students developed a battery-powered robot that distinguishes weeds from tree seedlings and applies electricity, with nursery demonstrations pointing toward an alternative to repeated hand weeding.
Cornell undergraduates won the 2026 Farm Robotics Challenge with Rootline, a prototype autonomous weeder for orchards and vineyards that uses targeted electric pulses rather than conventional herbicide spraying.
