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AI farm robots weed cotton fields without chemicals using sun power
Economy
Published on 24 April 2026
These robots target weeds while leaving crops untouched
Sun-powered AI robots are starting to replace traditional farm labor and chemical weeding. In California cotton fields, wheeled machines scan and pluck weeds while avoiding damage to crops. Company Aigen says the same approach is already operating in tomatoes, cotton, and sugar beets, positioning AI as a more precise, potentially lower-impact alternative to conventional methods.
- Sun-powered wheeled robots weed crop fields using AI vision
- The system targets weeds without damaging nearby plants
- Aigen says deployments include tomatoes, cotton, and sugar beets
- AI automation could reduce reliance on chemical weedkillers
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