Agriculture

The agri-food industry is on the verge of a revolution thanks to advances in precision farming. Machine vision plays a crucial role in these advances, as Keely Portway finds out

Andrew Williams on the uses and current state of hyperspectral imaging, along with the technique’s potential as an industrial inspection tool

The harvesting process could be on the verge of a complete overhaul thanks to machine vision, finds Matthew Dale

Rob Ashwell examines the growing use of hyperspectral imaging in food production

Jessica Rowbury looks at how imaging technology is allowing farmers to reduce their environmental impact while improving profitability

Greg Blackman looks at the relatively recent introduction of vision in farming, from measuring vigour in vineyards to grading cherries

Multispectral and hyperspectral imaging techniques, which combine spectroscopy and imaging, are opening up a range of applications from environmental monitoring and agricultural research to automation of plastic recycling, as Greg Blackman discovers

Greg Blackman looks at where machine vision is finding uses in agriculture and for grading and sorting foodstuffs