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Perth Researcher Develops Software That Can Recognize Plant Species sing Leaf Photos
A researcher at Edith Cowan University has developed software that can identify plant species from a digital photo of a leaf.
Credit: Bridget Fitzgerald
Edith Cowan University's Hezekiah Babatunde has developed an image-recognition program that can identify plant species based on a digital photograph of a single leaf.
The artificial intelligence-based software enables users to identify up to 30 different plant species. The "technology captures the image of the leaf and tells you the name of the plant automatically," with 93-percent accuracy, Babatunde says.
The software also describes uses of the plant, and Babatunde plans to add more plant species as the software is developed further. He says the technology would be of particular interest to the agricultural industry, as it could be used to detect herbicide damage and to differentiate between weeds and other plants in crops.
Babatunde also says the software could be used in robotic agriculture and in drone technology to survey crops.
The software was announced as a finalist in the national Fresh Science awards.
From Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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