Originally Posted By: Warren
Looks like there's already been a lot of work done--

"Autonomous robotic weed control systems hold promise toward the automation of one of agriculture's few remaining unmechanized and drudging tasks, hand weed control. ...........................>.................> A few complete robotic weed control systems have demonstrated the potential of the technology in the field. Additional research and development is needed to fully realize this potential."

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1343305


Originally Posted By: Mike Kremer


As you mention-"Additional research and development is needed to fully realize this potential".

Everything has its natural growing season, ....even weeds.
When weeds and crops share the same growing season, would'nt that make things more difficult?
How about the rise of Hydroponics? Now that would make the weeding of high value crops,....obsolete.

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