* This work was supported in part by United States Public Health Service Grant 2-K3-GM 17059 (C. A. R.), United States Department of Agriculture, Cooperative States Research Service Grant 316-15-30 (C. A. R.), and bv National Institute of Health Grant GM 15731 awarded to Dr. -Hans Neurath, Department of Biochemistrv. Universitv of Washineton. $ Career Development Awardee of the United States Pu...

This paper describes the development of small low-cost cooperative robots for sustainable broad-acre agriculture to increase broad-acre crop production and reduce environmental impact. The current focus of the project is to use robotics to deal with resistant weeds, a critical problem for Australian farmers. To keep the overall system affordable our robot uses low-cost cameras and positioning s...

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