Posts Tagged: weeding

Weed-killing robots and steam beat weeds, pests

AI-trained machines slash labor costs Experimental robots are reducing the costs of hand-weeding by learning the difference between weeds and lettuce. In addition, steam can clear the soil of fungi and spores that cause lettuce and spinach to wilt, reducing the need for chemical herbicides in...

Advances continue in automated weeders

There have been significant developments in automated weeder technology in the past several years. A quick perusal of automated weeders on YouTube reveals many machines developed in diverse parts of the world. Auto weeders that have been used in vegetable production in the Salinas Valley include...

Automated Weeders: Optimizing their value

Richard Smith is the UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crop Production and Weed Science Farm Advisor in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties.   Automated weeders remove weeds inside the three- to five-inch-wide uncultivated band left around the seedline by standard cultivation....

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Growers Win the Weed Wars?

From the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) HEADLINES • March 17, 2021 * * * * * * * * * * * WESTMINSTER, Colorado – March 17, 2021 – Weed control in vegetables, flowers and herbs can be incredibly labor intensive, experts with the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA)...

2020 Evaluations of automated weeders in lettuce production

Elizabeth Mosqueda is an Assistant Professor at the California State University, Monterey Bay. Richard Smith is a Vegetable Crop Production and Weed Science Farm Advisor with UC Cooperative Extension. Steve Fennimore is a Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist at UC...

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