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AI and the future of agriculture

Published on Mar 14, 2018

Simon Jordan, Robotics & Control Lead, explains how agriculture will benefit from advances in machine vision and AI.

New technologies are making huge steps forward, enabling machines to be adaptable and treat plants at an individual level by recognising shapes and texture. From counting apples and estimating yields to identifying weeds in crops, machines are getting smarter.

Cambridge Consultants

 

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AI-equipped tomato harvesting robots to farms may help to create jobs

Published on May 23, 2018

The number of people engaged in agriculture in Japan is decreasing, and the country's elderly population is rapidly increasing. Agricultural high-tech is one of the measures that are seen as a solution to these problems. In the midst of this, "harvesting robots" driven by AI and robotic technology are gathering attention. The idea is to leave harvesting work, which accounts for 20% of all agricultural work, to robots in order to increase efficiency. Advanced farms are already appearing that have put robots to work and are developing technology and know-how....

 

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PlantVillage: AI Helping Farmers Detect Plant Diseases

Published on Jun 20, 2018

PlantVillage and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) are using machine learning to help farmers grow better cassava, a crop that provides food for over half a billion people daily.

plantvillage.psu.edu

 

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ALIGN Demeter Agricultural Helicopter

Published on Jan 11, 2019

 

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John Deere Autonomous 8370R Row Crop Tractor Hands-On at CES 2018

Published on Jan 14, 2019

 

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Gardening / Agricultural Robot
A gardening / agricultural robot, which performs various gardening tasks using STM32F407 DISCO and programmed using Ada.

February 15, 2019

 

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ABB Pioneers: Writing the future of smart agriculture. Ep03

Published on Feb 16, 2019

ABB goes beyond the track of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in Mexico City to discover how can data and machine learning help a local pioneer realize his vision of bringing smart agriculture to local farmers.

 

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Delta Drone - agriculture solutions

Published on Jan 21, 2019

 

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Future of Farming: how is technology transforming agriculture?

Published on Apr 8, 2019

To take the success of the solar-powered flight around the world further, the Solar Impulse Foundation is selecting 1000 solutions that protect the environment in a profitable way and awarding them the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label.

The Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label seeks to bridge the gap between ecology and economy, bringing together protection of the environment and financial viability to show that these solutions are not expensive fixes to problems, but rather opportunities for clean economic growth.

 

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"AI In Agriculture: A Powerful Force For Good"

April 11, 2019

 

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China Robot Harvest ++

Published on Apr 26, 2019

Field testing of variable-stiffness tomato picking robot on commercial tomato crops in Shanghai, China in January 2019. Fully autonomous picking loop, manual positioning for this experiment. Variable-stiffness picking arm from Fieldwork Robotics Ltd, UK, modified for tomatoes. Tests done at Sunqiao agricultural research station in Pudong, Shanghai. Thanks to ATCNN, Newton, De Tao, and Rothamsted. Thanks also to partners at Sunqiao and SJTU in China, University of Plymouth and Fieldwork Robotics Ltd in the UK. Video featuring Frederico Belmont Klein, Benjamin M. Green, and Dr. Martin F. Stoelen.

 

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The tomato whisperer – artificial intelligence in agriculture

Published on May 9, 2019

An encounter at the crossroads of tomorrow’s agriculture and traditional farming: how Bosch AI "Plantect" helped Tadashi Fukuoka, a Japanese tomato grower, increase his farm’s yield, save time, and dispense with some worries.

 

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Automated driving methods for smart farming

Published on May 13, 2019

Smart farming has introduced a high level of automation and saved millions of tons of pesticides. The missing link for optimizing farming is heading in the direction of autonomous operations in order to optimize resources, increase the level of efficiency and reduce costs. The aim is to transfer technologies from the automotive domain and adapt them to the agriculture sector as much as possible, adding additional features, such as the introduction of new type of sensors, platforms and/or communication networks. The developed V&V tools and demonstrators will improve the testing workflow for autonomous farming systems.

Tecnalia Corporation

 

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The next global agricultural revolution | Bruce Friedrich

Published on Jun 19, 2019

Conventional meat production causes harm to our environment and presents risks to global health, but people aren't going to eat less meat unless we give them alternatives that cost the same (or less) and that taste the same (or better). In an eye-opening talk, food innovator and TED Fellow Bruce Friedrich shows the plant- and cell-based products that could soon transform the global meat industry -- and your dinner plate.

 

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How AI is transforming Cassava crop yields

Published on Jul 22, 2019

Dr. Laura Boykin explains how the Cassava Virus Action Project are empowering farmers and improving Cassava crop yields in East Africa using Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ MinIT device, powered by NVIDIA AGX.

 

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AI Does Food | Joel Cuello | TEDxUofA

Published on Sep 28, 2018

Our planet sorely needs the help of artificial intelligence to achieve the increase in food production that our growing population demands in the face of scarce resources.

AI will help realize Cuello’s Law, which is the projected industry goal that crop productivity per unit resource use in a tech-dense vertical farm must double every 4-5 years.

The Global Marshall Plan for AI-based Food Production is introduced here to provide capacity building so that no nation is left behind in AI-based food production, making sure that AI will be used to produce food sustainably, not only for some, but for all of us on the planet.
Joel Cuello is a Professor of Biosystems Engineering and Director of the Global Initiative for Strategic Agriculture in Dry Lands (GISAD) at The University of Arizona. A globally recognized expert in the engineering of sustainable biological and agricultural systems, Joel has designed various engineered systems, including those applied in bioregenerative space life support, industrial mass production of algae cultures, and vertical farming.

 

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Article "Farmers are using AI to spot pests and catch diseases — and many believe it’s the future of agriculture"

by Nisha Stickles
November 8, 2019

 

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Jun 12, 2019

"This Japanese “Duck” robot replaces pesticides in rice fields"
This robot ‘duck’ could help Japanese rice farmers keep paddy fields clear of weeds

by Ashwini Sakharkar
June 24TH, 2019

 

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Are indoor vertical farms the future of agriculture? | Stuart Oda

Feb 7, 2020

By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9.8 billion. How are we going to feed everyone? Investment-banker-turned-farmer Stuart Oda points to indoor vertical farming: growing food on tiered racks in a controlled, climate-proof environment. In a forward-looking talk, he explains how this method can maintain better safety standards, save money, use less water and help us provide for future generations.

 

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Article "How can I start with AI in agriculture?"

by Rayan Potter
February 25, 2020