Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the control of plants which appear as undesirable matter in a field for crop plants by means of electrical energy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a railway weed control vehicle. It is described to activate (110) at least one weed control unit to control weeds along and around a railway track. The railway track comprises rails and sleepers. The at least one electrode based weed control unit is mounted at at least one first position of the vehicle. Sensor data is acquired (120) by at least one sensor. The sensor data relates to at least one location along and around the railway track. The at least one sensor is mounted at at least one second position of the vehicle. With respect to a forward movement direction of the vehicle the at least one second position is in front of the at least one first position. The sensor data is provided (130) to a processing unit. The sensor data is analysed (140) by the processing unit to determine locations of rail infrastructure components in addition to the rails and sleepers.

Abstract: A weed control vehicle may include a sensor for acquiring data relating to at least one location of an environment using at least one sensor of the vehicle. The sensor data is provided to a processing unit of the vehicle. The processing unit determines a distance sensing result for each location of the at least one location. The processing unit controls at least one actuator to move at least one boom of the vehicle. At least one weed control unit is attached to the at least one boom. The processing unit controls the at least one actuator to move the at least one boom on the basis of the distance sensing result for each location of the at least one location.

Abstract: An apparatus for weed control includes a processing unit with a least one sensor data of an environment. The processing unit analyzes at least some of the at least one sensor data to determine at least one ground property for each of a plurality of locations of the environment. The processing unit determines a power setting for activation of at least one electrode based weed control unit for each of the plurality of locations. The determination of the power setting for activation of the electrode based weed control unit comprises utilization of the at least one ground property associated with that location. An output unit outputs information useable to activate the at least one electrode based weed control unit.