His work focuses on harnessing the power of big data and machine learning ... deep data for paddy fields so we could assess the effect of climate change and management on rice crop yield and ...

In a rice field in Niigata prefecture, Japan, a small robot trundles along on big orange wheels, navigating a ridge edging the paddy while hacking away at weeds. This compact machine’s work is ...

The craft flew over a 1000-square-meter rice paddy, scattering seeds treated beforehand ... will go into operation by the end of May. The machine, which sort of resembles a bird, will stir water ...