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Robot with green thumb can identify plants and check health just by touching their leaves

Allan Rose Hill
Nov 13, 2024
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A new robot with an electronic green thumb can identify plant species just by touching their leaves. Using an approach inspired by human skin, the robot can also analyze the leaf's surface texture and the plant's water content more accurately than existing computer vision systems.

Eventually, "it could revolutionize crop man…

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