Agricultural robots from the Google and Ecorobotix Mineral project

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Agricultural robots from the Google and Ecorobotix Mineral project




by Christophe » 20/10/20, 16:53

Agricultural robots have already existed for a while ... There is in particular a French Vitibot project for vines ...

But this is Google which is getting started with a strike force that has nothing to do ... and which concerns agriculture in general ...

This technology could greatly reduce chemical inputs ... while increasing yields and probably lowering water consumption.

What can make our lazy gardeners even more lazy? : Mrgreen: But I'm not sure they like these new technologies ... I'm even almost sure Didier won't like it! : Cheesy:

Google's agricultural robots ready to sweep the fields

To meet the increase in food needs in the world, several firms rely on robotics. Alphabet, a Google holding company, has just presented its Mineral project. Its new autonomous robots would be able to individually analyze the evolution of each of the plants present in a field.

Collect data to analyze and sell it. Google has found a new way to apply its mantra, this time outside the virtual world. The American company, through its holding Alphabet, has just presented its Mineral project, an autonomous machine capable of predicting farm yields through individual plant analysis and disease detection, reports Le Temps.

Targeted treatments thanks to artificial intelligence

The robot created by Google takes the form of a gantry equipped with a multitude of sensors and cameras circulating on the paths. Project Mineral officials announced that their machine had already been tested in California and Illinois, “collecting high-quality images of each plant, counting and classifying each berry and each bean ”.

The objective of the Alphabet company is to combine these analyzes collected by the robot with satellite images and meteorological data. Engineers thus intend to maximize the productivity of agricultural land and prescribe targeted treatments to plants.

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Reduce costs and ecological impact

In recent years, the tension between climate change and population increase (9,7 billion human beings in 2050, according to United Nations forecasts) is worrying. Many companies are therefore seeking to optimize farms through technological innovation, while reducing the costs and ecological impact of crops.

Next spring, the Swiss company Ecorobotix is ​​therefore expected to launch a brand new robot weeder. Powered by solar energy, the prototype will be able to detect weeds [“weeds”] within crops to spray them individually. “Our solution uses 95% less chemistry than current techniques and offers farmers a massive reduction in costs, in the order of 50%”, argues Aurélien Demaurex, director of Ecorobotix.

In view of the progress made in agriculture, technologies are called upon to support the global transition towards sustainable development, by optimizing production models. But artificial intelligence alone will not ensure food security for years to come. Because rational consumption and the reduction of waste also depend on political decisions. In this effort, “human intelligence” will have its role to play.


sources: https://www.letemps.ch/economie/google- ... tes-champs
https://www.courrierinternational.com/a ... les-champs

The Ecorobotix site: https://www.ecorobotix.com/fr/
The Vitibot site: https://vitibot.fr/

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Re: Agricultural robots from Google's Mineral project and Ecorobotix




by Forhorse » 20/10/20, 18:37

To work in the maintenance of agricultural robots, I would say that it is only the logical continuation ... nothing very surprising when one is in the medium.
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by Christophe » 20/10/20, 18:38

Uh, what argument or question are you answering?
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