A new robot created in Nova Scotia may mean farmers could get some help tackling troublesome weeds in their fields. This month, Nexus Robotics, a technology startup based in Dartmouth, N.S., won the weed-and-feed competition at the agBOT Challenge, an international showdown between agricultural robots in Rockville, Ind. VIDEO: Halifax startup takes on big agriculture corporations, and wins international robotics competition. Jad Tawil writes the software for Nexus Robotics. Thomas Trappenberg, one of the people behind Nexus Robotics, is also a professor at Dalhousie University, where he works in machine learning.

Source: CBC News May 28, 2018 18:45 UTC