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Swiss Robotic Weed Control Market Outlook-Ken
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Overview Agriculture is a continuously expanding
sector which faces a well known restraint to
productivity known as weed which leads to
increase in agricultural costs, reduction in
value of land and harboring of pests. A Swiss
company has found an ingenious way to deal with
the problem with the use of technology. The
resulting product is both environments friendly
and efficient. This product of artificial
intelligence (AI) works on the principle of see
and spray. Evolution The Swiss robot is a
revolution in weed control techniques which in
recent years have shifted from handpicking to
chemical use. Weedicides are now common and are
in popular use globally as they not only
eliminate visible weed growth but also destroy
the seeds of such weeds which may not be easily
visible. The Swiss technology startup Ecorobotix
relies on AI in taking the concept of weed
removal to the next level and thus developed the
autonomous robot weeder. This robot uses
photovoltaic panels and is solar powered. It has
GNSS navigation, a camera and artificial vision
system to detect crop rows and identify weed. The
robot also has multilink arms and a navigation
system that helps it distinguish normal crops
from weeds. Other companies are also exploring
the field of technology in agriculture and are
undertaking similar projects. Further
developments include- scan and spray technology
research being done by American company Blue
River
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Franklin Robotics has developed Tertill Naio
Technologies created Oz weeding robot. Deepfield
Robotics owned by German Robert Bosch is working
on Bonirob which is an automated weeding machine
that physically destroys weeds. Denmarks
Agrointelli is working on precision spraying
technologies. Market Scenario Seed industry
analysis revealed that automated weeders are not
good for everyone as some of the profit pools
that are in the hands of big agrochemical
companies will now shift partly to the farmer and
partly to equipment manufacturers. According to
seed market research reports herbicide sales
account for half of the pesticides revenue and
reduction in sales could disrupt the pesticides
and seeds industry by reducing the need for
universal herbicides and the genetically modified
crops that tolerate them. BASE, a German
corporation which is the worlds largest chemical
company, has recently invested heavily in
Ecorobotixs product along with CapAgro. Leading
players such as Germanys Bayer and BASE
alongside Swiss Syngenta have started to modify
their business models to incorporate agricultural
technology. Competition Germany has emerged as
the absolute leader in agricultural technology
and is constantly innovating to further its
creations.
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Bayer and Bosch teamed up in 2017 for a smart
spraying research project. Bayer is also
expected to become the worlds largest seed
market and pesticides producer when its
acquisition of Monsanto is completes. China is
also picking up pace, ChemChina bought Syngenta
in 2017. Conclusion The efforts of the Swiss
company are paving the way for agricultural
technologies that will not only be more efficient
but also environment friendly. Germany has
emerged as a leader in this industry followed by
Switzerland and US with China showing recent
interests. To know more, click on the link
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