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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – A novel camera system using active lighting may be an important step in developing machine-vision systems that allow robotic devices to more clearly "see" their agricultural targets. The system was developed by researchers at Pennsylvania State University.
Jeff Mulhollem is a science writer for the Pennsylvania State University.
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