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Because it brings images of " magic and unrealistic
expectations, " Fern said he hesitates to use the term
" AI " when talking about AgAID. The project is focused on
developing tools for farmers and crop advisors to make
better decisions.
Fern said the test bed should be built and ready for use
by this summer.
Georgine Yorgey, associate director of WSU's Center for
Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, is co-lead
of Extension and workforce development on AgAID.
Yorgey said the on-farm research team is looking at fruit
dormancy and the need for frost protection data for spring
decisions and soil moisture data for deficit irrigation decisions.
" That project is trying to move forward the frontiers
of data science and AI, " she said. " To some extent, the
project is trying to grapple with the issue of how do we
make sure there's enough input to make these tools
more likely to be useful and usable? These are the same
issues raised about AI use in agriculture that are raised
around AI use in all other facets of our life. "
The labor component of the AgAID focuses on the
ability of human-AI partnerships to ease the labor
shortage and rising labor costs, and the need for skilled
labor to operate AI machines on the farm.
For example, research into AI-enabled robots are
" learning " to thin blossoms and prune fruit trees during the
Micro emitters installed below the grapevine canopy as
part of a solid set delivery system, which delivers plant
protection products to the canopy. Researchers are
investigating the system's use for heat stress mitigation.
dormant stage in winter. Pruning, thinning and harvesting,
some of the most labor-intensive tasks in the fruit industry,
are considered the " Holy Grail " of automation to tackle.
The University of California-Merced, Heritage
University, Wenatchee Valley College and Kansas State
University are also participating in the research, and
universities in Chile, Australia and the Netherlands are
also collaborators.
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