Photonics Focus vol. 5 issue 1

January/February 2024 | Vol. 5 | Issue 1

This issue of Photonics Focus explores automation. A story on the AI-photonics virtuous circle details the positive feedback loop between technologies that are advancing the future. A feature on how AI is changing medicine looks at advanced technologies that stand to improve human health and even doctor-patient relationships. Finally, a story on automation for agriculture looks at robots that promise to improve crop yields and the environmental impacts of farming.  

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AI has the potential to pay back in spades its fruitful reciprocity with photonics
The virtuous circle of AI and photonics
AI is quickly moving from the outskirts to the core of medical practice
Automating care: How photonics and AI are changing medicine
Robots are helping to improve all aspects of farming, including its impact on the environment
Old MacDonald had a robot: The future of automated agriculture
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