Oregon State University researchers receive federal funding to explore electric technology for controlling weeds in organic ...

In a sugar beet field a few miles east of Moorhead, small four-wheeled robots are rolling up and down the rows of beets. Powered by a solar panel, the robots use cameras to spot weeds and then guide ...

CASSELTON, N.D. — There were sugarbeets planted near Casselton, North Dakota, in July, weeks after normal planting would be complete. The reason? The developers of an autonomous weeding robot need to ...

The bigger part of crop farming seems to be a constant physical war between the farmer and weeds. Agriculturalists describe a weed as a plant growing where it should not be. It does not matter whether ...