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Watch out! Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a solar-powered robot capable of searching out and destroying- hopefully just- weeds in crop fields.
Jennifer Percy reports on the new robo-weed whacker. It’s a solar powered robot that kills weeds and could cut the use of herbicides.