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Significant advances have recently occurred, and are continuing to occur, in many of the major engineering fields. Improved motions, structures, and their control are seen with contemporary mechanical engineering technologies. New materials and manufacturing processes make it practical to substantially improve machine performances. Significant advances in computational speed, storage capacities, and networking have made electronic and electrical components, such as machine vision and spectral sensors, more practical and productive. Automation and control technological advances have greatly improved potential system performances. These are among the many engineering advancements which provide techniques to facilitate the technical and economic feasibility of automated weed control.
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Schueller, J.K. (2014). Engineering Advancements. In: Young, S., Pierce, F. (eds) Automation: The Future of Weed Control in Cropping Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7512-1_3
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