U-Yiannis Ampatzidis kanye nethimba lakhe labacwaningi bahlanganisa izingqondo zabo ukuze bathole ubuchwepheshe bobuhlakani bokwenziwa ukuze basize abalimi kangcono kakhulu bonge imali nokunakekela kangcono izitshalo zabo.
Kuleyo nqubo, basungula uhlelo olwaziwa nge-Agroview.
Lolu hlelo lusebenzisa izithombe ezisuka kuma-drones namasathelayithi kanye naphansi - kanye nobuhlakani bokwenziwa - ukuhlola ukucindezeleka kwezitshalo, ukubala nokuhlukanisa izitshalo ngokwezigaba ngokusekelwe ekuphakameni kwazo kanye nendawo ye-canopy kanye nokulinganisa okuqukethwe kwezakhi zezitshalo. I-Agroview inganciphisa ukuqoqwa kwedatha nesikhathi sokuhlaziya kanye nezindleko ezifika ku-90% uma kuqhathaniswa nokuqoqwa kwedatha okwenziwa ngesandla, kusho u-Ampatzidis.
"Abalimi baseFlorida nabase-US bangasebenzisa lobu buchwepheshe benoveli ukubala izitshalo nokubikezela isivuno, ukuthola izindawo zezitshalo ezicindezelekile kusenesikhathi futhi bathuthukise amamephu wokufaka umanyolo onembayo kanye nezinga eliguquguqukayo," kusho u-Ampatzidis, umsizi kaprofesa we-UF/IFAS wezolimo nesayensi yezinto eziphilayo. ubunjiniyela. "Amamephu angafaka umanyolo ngendlela efanele, ehlise izindleko zokufaka isicelo futhi anciphise umthelela wendawo."
I-Agroview ithathe iso le-UF Innovate | I-Tech Licensing, esanda kubona ubuchwepheshe njenge-UF Invention of the Year.
"Ngihlonipheke kakhulu ngokuthola lo mklomelo," kusho u-Ampatzidis, usosayensi osemusha osanda kungena unyaka wakhe wesine e-UF/IFAS. "Sikholelwa ngempela ukuthi lobu buchwepheshe obusekelwe ku-AI bungasiza abakhiqizi baseFlorida nabase-US bathuthukise ukukhiqiza nokuphatha izitshalo."
Ubonge ithimba lakhe labacwaningi eSouthwest Florida Research and Education Centre (SWFREC) e-Immokalee ngokusiza ukuklama i-Agroview. Uphinde wazwakalisa ukubonga kozakwabo bakulesi sikhungo kanye nomnyango wakhe wezemfundo ophikweni lwaseGainesville ngovo lwabo.
“Ngithanda ukubonga i-UF Innovate | I-Tech Licensing futhi ikakhulukazi uDkt. John Byatt kanye noDkt. Jackson Streeter ngosizo lwabo olukhulu lokuthengisa lokhu kusungulwa,” kusho u-Ampatzidis.
Inkampani ye-spinoff ebizwa ngokuthi “Agriculture Intelligence Inc.,” yasungulwa, ehlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ze-Agroview kubalimi.
Abaphathi bakhe nabo bahlabeke umxhwele ngomsebenzi ka-Ampatzidis neqembu lakhe.
“Umkhiqizo we-Agroview othuthukiswe uhlelo lukaDkt. Ampatzidis uhlinzeka ngokhiye wokuxhumanisa izithombe ze-UAV nezinqumo zabatshali. Lo mkhiqizo uvala igebe ebelikhona phakathi kocwaningo kanye nokusetshenziswa kwansuku zonke, "kusho uKati Migliaccio, usihlalo womnyango we-UF/IFAS womnyango wobunjiniyela bezolimo kanye nebhayoloji. “UDkt. I-Ampatzidis isebenzisa i-AI ezinhlelweni zayo ukwenza izinqubo eziye zaqedwa ngokwesiko ngezindlela zokubiza izinsiza. Le mizamo izovumela ukusebenza kahle okukhulu kanye nokwenza kahle kwenqubo yokukhiqiza yezolimo, okudingekayo ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zokudla zomhlaba wonke ezizayo.”
Umqondisi wesikhungo se-Ampatzidis, uKelly Morgan, uthe i-SWFREC inomlando omude wokusekela ukukhiqizwa kwemifino nezithelo ezisawolintshi.
"Ngokujwayelekile sisebenze ezintweni ezijwayelekile ezifana nomanyolo, amanzi nezibulala-zinambuzane," kusho uMorgan. “I-Agroview iyisibonelo sokugcizelela okusha kwesikhungo socwaningo ngokunemba kwezolimo. Lolu hlelo luzokwenza abalimi baseFlorida basebenze kahle kakhulu futhi lube nomthelela omncane kakhulu kwezemvelo. Lo mkhiqizo we-SWFREC kufanele uphumele ekufakweni okuncane kukamanyolo, amanzi kanye nezibulala-zinambuzane.”