Reducing herbicide use with AI by distinguishing weeds from crops

Good news! Impressive! Human ingenuity at its best! I am sure this is only the beginning of new revolution in agriculture (how about e.g. vertical agriculture)!

"... Cameras installed on the “boom” – that’s the 36-meter-long arm affixed on the sprayer that dispenses the herbicide — capture data from the entire field.

Where are the weeds (Greeneye’s algorithms recognize and classify more than 200 types)? Are the crops healthy? Are there any diseases in the field? Are the crops receiving the micronutrients they need? Are the correct fertilizers being used? ...

The company has amassed a database of millions of images from many different fields, crops and growing regions. Greeneye’s AI compares what it sees with what it’s already learned about specific crops.

Greeneye hopes to produce precise “weed maps” that will help farmers pick the right crop-protection products and use less of them."

Reducing herbicide use by distinguishing weeds from crops - ISRAEL21c Greeneye’s software and cameras turns ordinary field spraying machines into AI-powered smart sprayers for soy and corn growers.