Python-Powered Machine Learning Tool For More Intelligent Crop-Spraying Tech

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Blue River Technology is a pathfinder in applying computer vision and robotics for agriculture. This company started by two Stanford University Alumni is delivering crop protection into the digital era with See & Spray machines powered with Python-based machine-learning framework to develop more intelligent crop-spraying tech. See & Spray machines observe and treat each plant in a field with precision. These machines dramatically reduce the volume of chemicals used by applying herbicides only to weeds, letting growers the freedom to choose any herbicide meeting their needs.

The AI-powered farming machines raised on the PyTorch framework are developed to aid farmers to produce more food with fewer resources. PyTorch is a Python-based scientific computing package that uses the power of GPU. Robotic crop sprayers of Blue River Technology is trained on PyTorch machine-learning framework to distinguish and map weeds as the machine moves through the field. The system commands the machines exactly where to spray herbicide from the images captured by a high-resolution camera array, thereby destroying weeds while leaving precious crops safe. This technology is an aid for the farmers to meet growing food demand in a world with fewer land and water resources. PyTorch enabled them to quickly build their models and deploy them in the field.

The See & Spray machines take benefit of deep learning to let machines to identify a greater variety of plants, differentiating both crops & weeds with enough accuracy to make crop management decisions on the spot. Blue River has developed tractor-towed robots that can identify and differentiate each plant and precisely applies the right volume of spray all in real-time tractor speeds.

This innovative technology is the real-time answer to the challenge that many weeds and crops are indistinguishable by the naked eye. Using robotics technology and machine learning, it could be a more precise method of weeding crops, overcoming the amount of herbicide used to control weeds and encouraging added sustainable agricultural practices. Crop protection is just the beginning by Blue River, they continue to expand and explore plenty of innovative new developments to assist and empower those linked to the land.

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