Rutgers University scientists are testing laser-powered machines that kill weeds without chemicals. Early results show the AI ...

The benefits are clear, Besançon added. The laser weeder eliminates the need for herbicides, reducing chemical exposure for ...

Standard weed control methods, such as herbicides and the use of machines, can damage the environment, but Cambridge University researchers have found "weed-zapping technologies" that use electricity ...

A new Weed Science Society of America research article shows weed-zapping technologies to be equally effective as herbicides and mechanical control methods Miranda Slaven (left) and Catherine Borger ...

Nicolle MacDonald, a biologist researcher with the AAFC, is working with a machine called the Weed Zapper, which uses ...

From drones that monitor and spray the crops to state-of-the-art harvesting robots and laser machines that can destroy harmful weeds, agriculture is constantly evolving and switching to more ...

Despite VC funding declines, growing consensus is that robotics and automation are "integral to modern agriculture." ...

Odontotermes obesus is one of the termite species that grows fungi, called Termitomyces, in their mounds. Workers collect ...

A recently published article in the journal Weed Science shows electric control technologies can eradicate weeds just as effectively as herbicides or mechanical methods, with minimal risks to the crop ...