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AI tool to improve tea quality
Why is it in the news?
- The Tea Research Association (TRA) has introduced artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology aimed at improving quality.
- The technology has been developed through a collaboration between TRA and Agnext, a start-up which was incubated by IIT Kharagpur.
More in the news
- The TRA Agnext QualiteaProfiler (QTP) machine is developed through this technology.
- It would help determine the ‘fine leaf’ of a tea batch ‘without human intervention.’
- The objective is to improve accuracy and reduce time.
- Fine leaf count (FLC) determines the presence of the two (or three) leaves and a bud in a batch, which go towards enhancing quality.
- TRA Agnext QTP will have a machine version which is likely to cost around Rs. 2 lakh and a mobile app version for quality leaf profiling.
- TRA is also planning to harness other frontline technologies based on AI, chat bots and sensor-based machinery while equipping the age-old industry against the ravages of climate change.
Source
The Hindu.