2 years ago, you could only turn to 1 manufacturer if you were looking to buy a laser weeder. Today, there are at least 8 and ...

Killer robots are coming to a farm near you. Well, weed-killing robots, that is. Developed by autonomous farming robot startup FarmWise, these weed-killing machines have already removed weeds from ...

2 years ago, you could only turn to 1 supplier for a laser weeder. Today, there are at least 8. Most suppliers can deliver ...

Herbicide-resistant weeds are a growing problem for farmers across the country. Luckily some new technologies are on the horizon to help battle the bullies of the plant world. The Weed Zapper is ...

For the past three years, Terry Aberhart has watched the spindly, fixed-wing drones zip across the big skies over his farm in Canada’s Saskatchewan province, testing a technology that could be the ...

Is a laser beam the future of farming? A raised rectangular vehicle, slightly smaller than a compact sedan, rolls across farmland and shoots concentrated bursts of infrared light into the rows.

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Anybody who has pulled weeds in a garden knows that it’s a tedious task. Scale it up to farm-sized jobs, and it becomes a nightmare. The most efficient industrial alternative, herbicides, have ...

The field of robotics in the farm industry is growing as new technology like computer vision and robots are being introduced, creating new levels of automation. In today’s industrial environment, ...