Robotic weed killers challenge fertiliser industry

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Precision tech to slash need for chemicals.

Robotic weed killers challenge fertiliser industry
In a field of sugar beet in Switzerland, a solar-powered robot that looks like a table on wheels scans the rows of crops with its camera, identifies weeds and zaps them with jets of blue liquid from its mechanical tentacles. Undergoing final tests before the liquid is replaced with weedkiller, ...

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