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Akshat SharmaArchitecture · Systems · XR
14 · 2025 – 2026AIExperiments

Agricultural Computer Vision

Crop and Weed Classification for Smart Farming

Role & Context

Computer Vision Researcher

Student Research Project

Domain

Smart Agriculture & Robotics

Focus

Crop vs. Weed Classification

Target

Edge-Device Computer Vision

Application

Sustainable Farming

14 · Project OverviewStudent Research Project

An agricultural computer vision initiative exploring machine learning models to differentiate between cash crops and invasive weeds for targeted farming applications.

Project Context & Objectives

Over-spraying herbicides damages soil quality and incurs high costs. Computer vision models running on agricultural robots enable precision spraying directly onto weeds.

Key Features & Design Solutions

  • Dataset curation of agricultural field imagery under diverse lighting conditions.
  • Exploration of lightweight convolutional vision architectures suitable for edge devices.
  • Evaluation of classification accuracy across crop varieties and weed species.

Key Deliverables

  • Field Image Dataset & Classification Labels
  • Edge-Compatible Model Benchmark Tests
  • Precision Agriculture Exploration Documentation

Tools & Stack

Computer VisionPyTorchCrop/Weed ClassificationEdge AI