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What Is Precision Spraying?

Precision spraying applies herbicide or pesticide only where it is needed, instead of covering the whole field. Cameras on the sprayer boom capture the ground as the machine moves, a computer identifies weeds in real time, and individual nozzles fire on each target. It is also called spot spraying or targeted spraying.

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The Short Answer

There are two main kinds of detection. Green-on-brown finds green weeds against bare soil, before the crop emerges or in fallow ground, and can rely on colour alone. Green-on-green finds weeds growing among the crop itself, which takes trained AI models to tell one plant from another.

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    Fast cameras Global shutter cameras capture sharp images at working speed.
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    Edge AI processing A computer on the machine classifies plants in milliseconds.
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    Reliable networking A switch carries every camera stream to the computer without drops.
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    Rugged build Everything must survive dust, spray, wash-down and vibration.
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Why It Matters

Our spot spraying case study describes an autonomous platform that does this at 15 mph, with GigE cameras, a sealed M12 switch and a rugged Jetson AGX Orin computer. Our GigE Vision camera FAQ explains the cameras.