DEVELOPED in part through the USDA-funded project Comprehensive Automation for Specialty Crops (CASC), the Newton Scout will revolutionize orchard operations by providing growers with a map that accurately maps fruit placement, fruit size, and numberthroughout the growing season. Fruit maps will be used to determine crop load, which in turn will give growers the information to develop harvest and marketing strategies. And this is just the beginning. Developing reliable vision systems that are robust enough for use in orchards opens up all kinds of possibilities in the area of pest and disease detection, plant health assessment, and the use of robotics at harvest.
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