In researching various sensors and power sources for our PAFSI device, we ran across in article about a associate professor of agriculture who has been able to optimize sensors and power sources for use in a plant environment. Lei Tian was featured in the June 2007 issue of Growing magazine for his beta version of a fully autonomous weed removal robot. The weed-seeking robot according to Tian's website, "explores the theory, implementation, and real-time application of a machine vision system used as a sensor for an outdoor field robot." The robot is just one example of how automation can be used in a planting environment by collecting data from sensors and connecting with a database to determine plant type.
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