Lemken improves weed control with new camera
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Lemken introduces the new IC-Light+ camera control, which also detects the near-infrared range, for its Steketee hoeing machines. The improvement offers clear advantages in mechanical weed control, especially in the cultivation of vegetable crops such as onions, leeks, broccoli or red cabbage.
The IC-Light camera system in Lemken Steketee hoeing machines captures the RGB colour range and reliably distinguishes between hues of green and red. A self-learning mode allows the system to continuously develop as it is being used. The new IC-Light+ camera now also captures hues of blue, allowing even very young plants or those with a particularly fine structure to be better identified and shown.
The IC-Light+ camera is operated via the IC-Light terminal and allows hoeing as close as two centimetres from crop plants at forward speeds of up to 15 km/h. The camera detects up to five rows of plants at a time and controls the steering of the hoeing machine between the rows.