13.Capable of being retrofitted to existing sprayers, RealCoverage consists of two camera-based sensors on each spray boom arm, one placed slightly ahead and the other just behind.
15.As the sprayer moves along, the firm's algorithms identify images of leaves captured by the first camera and compare them to images obtained by the second.
16.The agricultural industry has already made some progress in reducing overspray. A variety of different additives, called adjuvants, can be mixed into the chemical tank of a sprayer.
17.As such data hardly existed, they set about collecting it themselves. Having grown up on a small farm in India, Dr Jayaprkash is well versed in using a backpack sprayer.