Some $26 billion is spent on herbicides each year. These chemicals are often indiscriminately sprayed over entire fields of crops that have been genetically modified to resist the chemical onslaught. And it’s agrochemical giants like Bayer, DowDuPont, and Syngenta that usually create both the genetically modified seeds and the chemicals that are sprayed on them.  The ecoRobotix weeder could undercut the agrochemical complex by spraying herbicides more precisely.

Source: Digital Trends

Date: May 30th, 2018

Link to article: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/ecorobotix/

Discussion

1) What other sorts of applications could a machine like this have?

2) How might a machine like this be used to improve potholes in city roads?