Roomba Inventor Joe Jones on His New Weed-Killing Robot

Re:Roomba Inventor Joe Jones on His New Weed-Killing Robot by agumonkey on Friday July 07, 2017 @09:04AM (#14717986)

Allow me for larger anticipation. Light and tiny electromechanical machines (aka cyborg insects) that can be released to monitor and clean weed, other insects, maybe bacterias.

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Re:Roomba Inventor Joe Jones on His New Weed-Killing Robot by JoeAltmaier on Friday July 07, 2017 @09:12AM (#14718033)

Genetically modified squirrels! They pull weeds, put them in a bin and get a kibble! Its work or die, which keeps the gene line pure. And self-replicating too.

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Re:Roomba Inventor Joe Jones on His New Weed-Killing Robot by agumonkey on Friday July 07, 2017 @09:40AM (#14718210)

I so wish we had a squirrel google translate. Green, clean and cute world.

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Re:Roomba Inventor Joe Jones on His New Weed-Killing Robot by nashashmi on Friday July 07, 2017 @09:13AM (#14718045)

> Light and tiny electromechanical machines ...

to go through landfills and mine for recyclables ...

the list goes on.

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Re:Roomba Inventor Joe Jones on His New Weed-Killing Robot by Aardwolf on Friday July 07, 2017 @10:03AM (#14718372)

They would even recycle their own kind!

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Re:Roomba Inventor Joe Jones on His New Weed-Killing Robot by lostlogin on Saturday July 08, 2017 @02:11PM (#14726493)

If anyone hasn't seen the Black Mirror bees episode, please do. It's great.

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