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Increasing Agricultural Yields, Efficiency, and Sustainability with AI

In July 2024, Tech Briefs magazine interviewed PSA Co-director Chris Reberg-Horton on why and how we’re building the Agricultural Image Repository, how a supercomputer is training AI to recognize plant species and phenotypes, the benefits to farmers of PSA’s low-cost technology, and more.

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Robotics and Sensor Technologies on the Farm

In this 16-minute July 2024 episode of the AgTech360 podcast, Adrian Percy, executive director of the NC State Plant Sciences Initiative, interviews PSA Co-director Chris Reberg-Horton about his current research and the practical applications of robotics and sensor technology in agriculture.

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Elizabeth Seyler Elizabeth Seyler

N.C. PSI Advances AI for Agriculture

The June 13, 2024, issue of the NC State Plant Sciences Initiative newsletter features an in-depth article on how PSA is using technology and AI to help farmers increase yield, reduce waste, and become more sustainable.

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NC State Robot Works to Advance AI in Agriculture

This ABC11 Raleigh-Durham news story from July 2024 describes how PSA’s BenchBot 3.0 is training AI to recognize plant species and phenotypes. It also explores how our camera technology, PlantMap3D, informs farm management decisions and how our open-source data and software serve the agriculture community.

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