Abakhiqizi bezolimo minyaka yonke bafafaza amakhemikhali abiza izigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-15 zamaRandi kodwa basalahlekelwa ngamaphesenti angu-37 wesivuno ekulimazeni izinambuzane. Njengoba imboni iqhubekela phambili ekuqiniseni umkhiqizo ngokuqhubekayo ukuze kondle inani labantu elandayo, okuseqhulwini ukwehlisa izindleko zabalimi ngokufaka amakhemikhali ambalwa, asebenza ngempumelelo, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo kunqandwe umthelela emvelweni.
Lokhu kugxilwe kocwaningo ku I-Kansas State University muva nje uxhaswe ngemali eyisibonelelo seminyaka emihlanu, engu-$882,920 evela eMnyangweni Wezolimo wase-US ngaphansi kwe-National Robotics Initiative 2.0: Amarobhothi Ahlanganisayo Ahlangene.
Ajay Sharda, umsizi kaprofesa wobunjiniyela bebhayoloji nezolimo ku I-Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, ungumseshi oyinhloko wephrojekthi enesihloko esithi “An autonomous insect Sense, Identify, and ManagePLatform, noma i-SIMPL, ukuthuthukisa ukuvikelwa kwezitshalo.”
Abaphenyi abakanye nothishanhloko uDan Flippo, umsizi kaprofesa wobunjiniyela bebhayoloji nezolimo, kanye noBrian McCormick, uprofesa ohlanganyele we-entomology kanye nenhloko yesikhashana yomnyango we-entomology.
Inhloso yale phrojekthi ukuthuthukisa uhlelo lombono ukuzwa nokuhlonza ubukhona bezinambuzane ukuze kusetshenziswe amakhemikhali aqondiswe kusayithi kusetshenziswa amasistimu amarobhothi azimele.
"Lolu cwaningo luzokwenza ushintsho lwe-paradigm ekukhiqizeni izitshalo ezisimeme futhi lunikeze amathuba amasha okusebenzisa izinhlelo zokusebenza ezihlakaniphile ukuze kuthuthukiswe izicelo zokulawula izinambuzane nokunciphisa izikhala zesivuno," kusho u-Sharda.
Indlela ehlongozwayo yombono wekhompyutha ukuze kutholwe izinambuzane nobukhulu, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwethuluzi lesinqumo ukwenza isifutho esiqondisiwe sisebenzisa uhlelo lwamarobhothi oluzimele, uthe, kuzoba uguquko olubalulekile kumasu akhona okusetshenziswa kwesifutho samakhemikhali ezolimo.
"Ukubandakanya kokubili abafundi abaneziqu kanye nabafundi be-undergraduate ekwakheni le nkundla yokuqhubekisela phambili ukuvikelwa kwezitshalo," kusho u-Sharda, "kuzosiza ukwenza i-Kansas State University ibe ngesinye sezikhungo eziphezulu ezibambe iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwezinhlelo ezihlakaniphile zokuzimela kwezolimo."
U-Ajay Sharda, umsizi kaprofesa weNyuvesi yaseKansas State, uthi inhloso yephrojekthi ukuthuthukisa uhlelo lombono ukuzwa nokuhlonza ubukhona bezinambuzane ukuze kuqhutshwe amakhemikhali aqondiswe kusayithi kusetshenziswa amarobhothi azimele. Isithombe: Kansas State University