food crops
04/16/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Agriculture robot watches crops grow, providing data, analyses in real-time
A new crop phenotyping robot can take over the tedious task of watching over growing crops. The autonomous agricultural robot can analyze plants and transmit its findings in real-time, according to an article in ScienceDaily. Developed by a University of Illinois (U. of I.) research team, TerraSentia is 13 inches wide and weighs only 24 pounds. It is light […]
11/11/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Engineers have developed a sensor that can be “printed” onto plant leaves to indicate when they need water
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed sensors that can be implanted in plant leaves so that it would be easier for humans to identify whether they are in need of water. Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs professor of chemical engineering at MIT and the senior author of the study, says this […]
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