Automatic weeding technologies have attained a lot of attention lately, because of the harms and challenges weeds are causing for livestock farming, in addition to that weeds reduce yields. We are targeting automatic and mechanical Rumex weeding in open pasture fields using light weight mobile field robot technologies. We describe a mobile weeding robot with GNSS navigation, 3D computer vision for weed detection, and a robot arm with a mechanical weeding tool. Our main contribution is showing the feasibility of light weight robot, sensor, and tool technologies in mechanical removal of weed seedlings.

翻译：自动除草技术近年来备受关注，因为杂草不仅对畜牧业造成危害与挑战，还会降低作物产量。本研究旨在利用轻型移动田间机器人技术，在开阔牧场中实现对酸模属杂草的自动机械清除。我们描述了一种配备全球导航卫星系统（GNSS）导航、用于杂草检测的三维计算机视觉系统以及搭载机械除草工具的机械臂的移动除草机器人。主要贡献在于证明了轻型机器人、传感器和工具技术在杂草幼苗机械清除中的可行性。