Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Nexus Robotics weeds crops

Nexus Robotics of Nova Scotia has won an American competition for robotics with a robot that weeds crops.

The team with help from an engineering professor at Dalhousie University has developed a machine that’s five by five feet and hovers four feet above the crop and has steering on all four wheels.

It can weed the crop, selectively spray herbicides and apply fertilizers.

It is engineered to distinguish between crop plants and weeds.

It won the weed and feed competition at Indiana agBot Challenge.