[MAIPC] Bring on the Invasives Robots!

[Steve Young]

The ‘rumors’  you refer to are actual fact and more than just herbicides are being incorporated into technology advanced integrated systems. The concept of autonomous robotic platforms performing management operations in crop and other systems is prevalent in current research and is being pursued by individuals around the world. Here are a couple of articles/presentations to check out:
http://www.northeastipm.org/about-us/publications/ipm-insights/on-a-wing-and-a-prayer-insects-from-the-sky-to-the-rescue/
http://www.northeastipm.org/about-us/publications/videos/advanced-technology-for-precision-ipm/

Steve (Ithaca)


From: MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org<mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org>> on behalf of "Swearingen, Jil" <jil_swearingen at nps.gov<mailto:jil_swearingen at nps.gov>>
Date: Friday, July 29, 2016 at 9:21 AM
To: "Steve Young(VA)" <frazmo at gmail.com<mailto:frazmo at gmail.com>>
Cc: MAIPSC listserv <maipc at lists.maipc.org<mailto:maipc at lists.maipc.org>>
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Bring on the Invasives Robots!

Steve,

You're Brilliant!! I love your idea!!  I think programming invasibots to spritz cut stems with glyphosate might be possible too. Combining this with drones to detect and map targeted invasive species would be pretty amazing. We need more creative thinking like this.

Jil



Jil

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 8:07 PM, frazmo <frazmo at gmail.com<mailto:frazmo at gmail.com>> wrote:
I've been thinking for a long time about how technology could help us fight invasive plants, and I finally wrote up some thoughts and posted them on my Plantwhacker.com blog. If you're interested in reading and thinking about "invasibots" please feel free to take a look at:

http://www.plantwhacker.com/2016/07/invasibots-unnatural-enemies-for.html

Comments welcome! Cheers,

Steve Young (the Arlington VA one)



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