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Agriculture has always remained an integral part of the world. As the human population keeps on rising, the demand for food also increases, and so is the dependency on the agriculture industry. But in today's scenario, because of low yield,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Dhruv Patel , Meet Gandhi , Shankaranarayanan H. , Anand D. Darji

The agriculture sector requires a lot of labor and resources. Hence, farmers are constantly being pressed for technology and automation to be cost-effective. In this context, autonomous robots can play a very important role in carrying out…

Weed detection is a critical component of precision agriculture, facilitating targeted herbicide application and reducing environmental impact. However, deploying accurate object detection models on resource-limited platforms remains…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-17 Ahmet Oğuz Saltık , Max Voigt , Sourav Modak , Mike Beckworth , Anthony Stein

Spot spraying represents an efficient and sustainable method for reducing the amount of pesticides, particularly herbicides, used in agricultural fields. To achieve this, it is of utmost importance to reliably differentiate between crops…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-31 Alicia Allmendinger , Ahmet Oğuz Saltık , Gerassimos G. Peteinatos , Anthony Stein , Roland Gerhards

Applying agrochemicals is the default procedure for conventional weed control in crop production, but has negative impacts on the environment. Robots have the potential to treat every plant in the field individually and thus can reduce the…

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Nowadays, precision agriculture combined with modern information and communications technologies, is becoming more common in agricultural activities such as automated irrigation systems, precision planting, variable rate applications of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-07-03 Vuong M. Ngo , Nhien-An Le-Khac , M-Tahar Kechadi

Cultivation and weeding are two of the primary tasks performed by farmers today. A recent challenge for weeding is the desire to reduce herbicide and pesticide treatments while maintaining crop quality and quantity. In this paper, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-04 Alireza Ahmadi , Michael Halstead , Chris McCool

Precision agriculture relies heavily on accurate image analysis for crop disease identification and treatment recommendation, yet existing vision-language models (VLMs) often underperform in specialized agricultural domains. This work…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-14 Mihir Gupta , Abhay Mangla , Ross Greer , Pratik Desai

Precise robotic weed control plays an essential role in precision agriculture. It can help significantly reduce the environmental impact of herbicides while reducing weed management costs for farmers. In this paper, we demonstrate that a…

High efficiency in precision farming depends on accurate tools to perform weed detection and mapping of crops. This allows for precise removal of harmful weeds with a lower amount of pesticides, as well as increase of the harvest's yield by…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-12-14 F. Langer , L. Mandtler , A. Milioto , E. Palazzolo , C. Stachniss

The integration of remote sensing and machine learning in agriculture is transforming the industry by providing insights and predictions through data analysis. This combination leads to improved yield prediction and water management,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-08 Fatima Zahra Bassine , Terence Epule Epule , Ayoub Kechchour , Abdelghani Chehbouni

Smart weeding systems to perform plant-specific operations can contribute to the sustainability of agriculture and the environment. Despite monumental advances in autonomous robotic technologies for precision weed management in recent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-30 Yayun Du , Guofeng Zhang , Darren Tsang , M. Khalid Jawed

Agriculture industries often face challenges in manual tasks such as planting, harvesting, fertilizing, and detection, which can be time consuming and prone to errors. The "Agricultural Robotic System" project addresses these issues through…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-20 Yang Wenkai , Ji Ruihang , Yue Yiran , Gu Zhonghan , Shu Wanyang , Sam Ge Shuzhi

The task of weed detection is an essential element of precision agriculture since accurate species identification allows a farmer to selectively apply herbicides and fits into sustainable agriculture crop management. This paper proposes a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Pandiyaraju V , Abishek Karthik , Sreya Mynampati , Poovarasan L , D. Saraswathi

The application of autonomous robots in agriculture is gaining increasing popularity thanks to the high impact it may have on food security, sustainability, resource use efficiency, reduction of chemical treatments, and the optimization of…

Weeds are a significant threat to the agricultural productivity and the environment. The increasing demand for sustainable agriculture has driven innovations in accurate weed control technologies aimed at reducing the reliance on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Kun Hu , Zhiyong Wang , Guy Coleman , Asher Bender , Tingting Yao , Shan Zeng , Dezhen Song , Arnold Schumann , Michael Walsh

With the global population increasing and arable land resources becoming increasingly limited, smart and precision agriculture have emerged as essential directions for sustainable agricultural development. Artificial intelligence (AI),…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Xing Hu , Haodong Chen , Qianqian Duan , Dawei Zhang

The task of weed detection is an essential element of precision agriculture since accurate species identification allows a farmer to selectively apply herbicides and fits into sustainable agriculture crop management. This paper proposes a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Abishek Karthik , Pandiyaraju V , Sreya Mynampati

Efficient crop detection via Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is critical for scaling precision agriculture, yet it remains challenging due to the small scale of targets and environmental variability. This paper addresses the detection of rice…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-15 Mohammad Sadegh Gholizadeh , Amir Arsalan Rezapour , Hamidreza Shayegh , Ehsan Pazouki

Weeds are one of the major reasons for crop yield loss but current weeding practices fail to manage weeds in an efficient and targeted manner. Effective weed management is especially important for crops with high worldwide production such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Ekin Celikkan , Timo Kunzmann , Yertay Yeskaliyev , Sibylle Itzerott , Nadja Klein , Martin Herold