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2024-11-24 Science & Technology

Farming Robot Kills 200,000 Weeds per Hour With Lasers

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Posted by Besoeker 2024-11-24 09:30|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 The weed problem appears to have been solved. What about ther democrats ?

Posted by Besoeker 2024-11-24 09:36|| 2024-11-24 09:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Skynet grinning. Weeds, yes, weeds!

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-11-24 10:59|| 2024-11-24 10:59|| Front Page Top

#3 'They say the machines got smart...'

Posted by Raj 2024-11-24 11:06|| 2024-11-24 11:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Can I get one for my backyard?

Posted by Chomomp Glinert5355 2024-11-24 11:44|| 2024-11-24 11:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Finally. Something I thought would come about in the 21st century

Posted by DarthVader 2024-11-24 11:47|| 2024-11-24 11:47|| Front Page Top

#6 So the choice is 12M illegal aliens or Skynet?

Posted by Mercutio 2024-11-24 13:46|| 2024-11-24 13:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Runaway.

Been working on this for a few years, and if you have ever been downwind of someone deciding to go ahead and spray on a windy day, law and sense be damned, I'm ok with this.

My question for viability would be the logistics of it all, especially power consumption and initial purchase costs and upkeep. Do you have to run a power cord with it, or consider travel and charge time to a charging station, running a diesel generator out in the crops? And we've seen with Juan Deere what happens when a company has a lock on maintenence issues.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-11-24 20:30|| 2024-11-24 20:30|| Front Page Top

#8 The operative ones i've seen are addons to existing crop equip. A camera, an AI recognizer and the laser. Not much, all electric, powered by the tractor/seeder/harvester. A drone unit will be a little more complex. Don't want it zapping crop pickers.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-24 22:07|| 2024-11-24 22:07|| Front Page Top

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