Blue River Technology's LettuceBot ziri ezi letus thinning ngwa bụ nnọọ ghọtara site American Society of Agricultural na Biological Injinia (ASABE) nwere onyinye AE50. Ihe nrite AE50 na-asọpụrụ atụmatụ kachasị ọhụrụ nke afọ na ngwaahịa injinịa ma ọ bụ sistemụ maka ụlọ ọrụ nri na ọrụ ugbo.
LettuceBot bụ ngwa ngwa izizi izizi nke na-achọpụta osisi ọ bụla, na-eme mkpebi dabere na ihe ọ na-ahụ, ma na-efesa ahịhịa nke ọ bụla. LettuceBot na-edobe ubi letus na-akpaghị aka na nkenke nke na-abawanye mkpụrụ ma na-enye ndị ọrụ ugbo ụzọ ọzọ bara uru maka ọrụ ugbo dị ụkọ.
A na-akụ mkpụrụ letus n'ọ̀tụ̀tụ̀ dị elu karịa ka a chọrọ iji hụ na osisi zuru ezu pụta iji mee otu ihe kwụ ọtọ. LettuceBot wee na-edobe osisi kachasị mma site na iji njirisi dabere na oghere kacha mma yana nha nke ahịhịa dị. Nkà na ụzụ onboard gụnyere igwefoto, 20 n'elu-nke-akara processors, kọmputa ọhụụ algọridim na nkeji nkeji-nkenke sprayers na-enye ohere karịa 5,000 mkpebi kwa nkeji. LettuceBot na-anọchite anya nzọụkwụ dị mkpa maka ngwa ngwa nwere ikike ịhụ na ịgbasa osisi n'otu n'otu n'ogo ubi. Ikike ịhụ na ịgba mmiri a bụ nnukwu nzọụkwụ maka ibelata ojiji kemịkalụ yana ịba ụba.
Ọrụ thinning letus nke Blue River Technology na-arụ ọrụ na Salinas California, Central na Imperial Valleys yana Yuma, Arizona. Biko kpọtụrụ Mac Keely, onye isi njikwa maka ozi ndị ọzọ ma ọ bụ letus thinning ngosi.
Emebere teknụzụ Blue River na 2011, site n'aka ụmụ akwụkwọ Stanford abụọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ nwere nzụlite na ezigbo ọrụ ugbo na robotics. Ihe ha lekwasịrị anya bụ ime ka ọrụ ugbo na-adịgide adịgide site na robotics na ọhụụ kọmputa. Ha jikọtara ọnụ, wuo ma nwalee echiche ha na Central Valley, na-egosi na ọ dị mkpa mmụta igwe, ọhụụ kọmputa, na robotics na ngalaba ọrụ ugbo.
ASABE bụ ụlọ ọrụ sayensị na agụmakwụkwọ mba ụwa raara onwe ya nye ọganihu nke injinia metụtara ọrụ ugbo, nri na usoro ndu. Maka nkọwa ndị ọzọ nleta www.asabe.org/AE50.