COLUMBIA, Mo. (RFD News) — Researchers at the University of Missouri are using artificial intelligence to help farm drones turn footage into useful information faster.
Their new system, called Field-Vision, helps drones determine whether to process images onboard, send them to a nearby computer or use the cloud. The approach is designed for rural areas where internet connections can be unreliable and drone battery life and computing power are limited.
Researchers say faster processing could help farmers use drones for crop counts, monitoring crop health and targeted field inspections in real time.
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