A robot with cameras and radio frequency sensors moving along the vineyards. Is an experimental mission during which the vines are sprayed with chemicals that need to be addressed. The prototype called "IdaBot" was developed by an engineering team at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa Idaho State.
"You can program to set the trees that are defined here need chemicals. Each tree will have a tag, which is read by IdaBot to spray chemicals needed. "
Mr. Griffin said that the autonomous robot can be integrated with other technologies such as monitoring reverence. It sends drone camera view of trees, which are processed by a computer program. The red color of the light, the more chemicals will have tree.
The robot will help farmers save costs on working hours and allow spraying the trees only have needed.
"Spraying is carried out automatically, without human intervention and with low pressure. Chemicals go with precision where they are needed and not in other areas. "
The team composed of students and professors is developing a program that will connect with IdaBot, to accurately determine the volume of fruit to be collected.
"We will use four types of cameras: color, infra-red and stereo, which will take pictures of each tree and garden IdaBot moves along. We will use these images to create a computer program that determines the number of fruit on each tree. "
Farmers, as Michael Williamson, want to try a solution.
" I'm very optimistic for a experimental machine such numbering fruits. We can get the best prices for customers if we can take orders in advance and sell fruits ripen month before. It can reduce costs by 20%. "IdaBot thought that a technology that uses radio frequency identification through may have a relatively low cost.
"We think it will have an affordable price, so maybe it costs how a truck."
Scientists think that the money will save farmers through this robot will reduce the price of fruit for consumers.
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