Dr. Mihai Gabriel Matache, Scientific Director at INMA Bucharest, PhD. Eng., has over 18 years of experience in research, acting as principal investigator or director in 13 R&D projects and collaborator in 46 others. His expertise lies in automation, intelligent systems, and precision agriculture. He developed machine vision systems for targeted weed detection and control, electric agricultural machinery (tractors, sprayers), and AI-based platforms for crop monitoring. He led the development of a high-capacity drone for site-specific spraying, promoting sustainable and climate-resilient farming. Author/co-author of 32 patent applications, 150+ scientific papers (79 indexed in WoS), and 6 books, he also founded Romania’s first Agricultural Robotics Laboratory and a complex infrastructure for testing agricultural machinery. Member of editorial boards and organizer of major scientific conferences, his work bridges innovation, sustainability, and technological advancement in modern agriculture.