Smart Spraying is a Transformation 'From AI to AI'

This is Tim Hammerich of the Ag Information Network with your Farm of the Future Report.

Autonomy is no longer coming to agriculture - it’s already here. Possibly the type of autonomy making the most inroads in our industry are smart implements, especially those offering precision spraying in vegetable crops. Dominique Mégret is the CEO of Ecorobotix. He says we are witnessing the transformation from one AI, active ingredients, to the other, artificial intelligence.

Mégret… “ It is a disruption. It's a new category. It's not just about technology. You are talking about new methods of growing vegetables, new inputs even because, , if you start spraying non-selective pesticides, you can start using non-intelligent molecules. So that's why I'm saying half jokingly we go from AI to AI because we go from the so-called, active ingredients. That's where all the intelligence used to be. You know, the chemistry would be able to decide which crop to kill, which one you don't want to kill. From active ingredient to artificial intelligence, from AI to AI. So there is a transfer of smartness if you want, from the molecule to computer vision and very specific spot spraying.”

Mégret says Ecorobotix’s smart implement can help farmers reduce pesticide use and improve crop care.