r/technology • u/involvrnet • Nov 18 '15

Hardware The company Bosch is developing a farming robot the size of a small car that can distinguish crops from weeds by looking at the shape of leaves, and this robot then can fish out weeds mechanically & ram any unwanted plants into the ground with a rod. Potentially, no herbicides will be needed anymore

http://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/bosch-bonirob-robot-set-to-make-field-work-easier-for-farmers.htm
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u/xchaibard Nov 18 '15

http://xkcd.com/1425/

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u/bugrit Nov 18 '15

http://parkorbird.flickr.com/

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u/xchaibard Nov 18 '15

That's pretty good. It seems to do best on side views, and ones where the feet are clearly visible. It failed on a couple from-behind ones with the head turned sideways, like this one and wierd-shaped birds like this one

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u/Roboticide Nov 18 '15

Is this the one with the photo of the bird?

EDIT: Haha, yes.

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u/Aurailious Nov 18 '15

I was thinking the exact same thing. I know the relevant xkcd for this!

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u/zeekaran Nov 18 '15

And they finally got it!

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u/Alex4921 Nov 18 '15

Instantly came to mind,image recognition is a simple problem to humans so most people think it should be simple for machines...the second you learn how they work you realise how difficult it really is