2 years ago, you could only turn to 1 supplier for a laser weeder. Today, there are at least 8. Most suppliers can deliver ...

Killer robots are coming to a farm near you. Well, weed-killing robots, that is. Developed by autonomous farming robot startup FarmWise, these weed-killing machines have already removed weeds from ...

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Is a laser beam the future of farming? A raised rectangular vehicle, slightly smaller than a compact sedan, rolls across farmland and shoots concentrated bursts of infrared light into the rows.

Um, apart from maybe the steel fingers part, this doesn't seem especially new. Precision farming (applying fertiliser, water, pesticides or whatever on a plant by plant basis rather than just spraying ...