Focus on Vision: Precision Agriculture, Vision-Enabled Robot Control | August 8, 2025
In this episode of Vision Systems Design's Focus on Vision, we cover the following:
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Dimensions Agri Technologies (Ski, Norway) has developed DAT Ecopatch, an edge-based system that uses deep learning algorithms and cameras to identify weeds and specifically target them with herbicide.
- A new approach to robot motion control, designed by researchers at MIT, based on deep learning and single-camera images rather than hard-coded motion control models.
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Hertz (Estero, FL) has deployed at its facility in Atlanta, Ga., an automated system to inspect incoming and outgoing rental vehicles. Related: From Clipboards to Cameras: Hertz Deploys AI-Powered Inspection System for Rental Vehicles.
Time Stamps for Focus on Vision, August 8, 2025:
In this episode of Focus On Vision: 0:00 Intro 0:19 Deep Learning Approach Precisely Targets Weeds with Herbicide Weeding in commercial agriculture often involves farmers spraying fields indiscriminately but too much spraying can prompt herbicide resistance. 1:29 Robot Control Method Shows Promise for the Industrial Realm. Designed by researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the new approach is based on deep learning and single-camera images, making it more efficient than conventional methods that require multiple types of sensors or complex hard-coded motion control models. 2:27 Hertz Deploys AI-Powered Inspection System for Rental Vehicles Hertz recently deployed an automated inspection system in its Hartsfield Airport facility in Atlanta, Ga., to detect flaws, problems, and issues on rental vehicles. 3:49 Outro
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