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Re:Autonomous Robots Plant, Tend, and Harvest Entire Crop of... by xefer on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @09:50PM (#15244419)
I wonder if there will come a time when buying food harvested by stoop labor will be considered immoral. Perhaps human diets should target foods that can be produced through mechanization where possible.
Re:Autonomous Robots Plant, Tend, and Harvest Entire Crop of... by mikepurvis on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @10:11PM (#15244504)
But lettuce and tomatoes are delicious. Hence the interest in figuring out to do it robotically, either in the field or greenhouse.
Re:Autonomous Robots Plant, Tend, and Harvest Entire Crop of... by njarboe on Thursday September 14, 2017 @01:57AM (#15245299)
Some types of tomatoes can be pick with machines. Here is a video from New Zealand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3EpFTyN26E