We started a discussion in a Signal group, but wanted to move it here for more involvement. The proposal on the table is to use own source hardware and software to hack together an autonomous weeding machine, maybe using AI to recognize weeds versus crop plants.
Some relevant projects I found:
[1]: GitHub - AutoRoboCulture/Nindamani-the-weed-removal-robot: Nindamani …
[2]: GitHub - BrandonAllan/Weeding_robot: The Weeding Robot Project is a …
[3]: A Development Platform for Autonomous Weeding. - GitHub
[4]: anida16/Autonomous-InterRow-Weed-Removing-Robot - GitHub
[5]: GitHub - rahularepaka/Project-Cyclops: Weed Detection and Laser …
[6]: Agroecology-Lab/Open-Weeding-Delta: Open Weeding Delta - GitHub
[7]: GitHub - brycejohnston/awesome-agriculture: Open source technology for …
[8]: [2405.12596v1] A Weeding Robot for Seedling Removal