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Re:Robots are not very good at picking strawberries yet by jdmichal on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @09:00AM (#16637619)
Strawberries are typically grown in somewhat raised beds, even if it's not as fancy as the pictures I'm seeing with the Agrobot. This is what a typically strawberry field around Plant City, FL looks like:

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Re:Robots are not very good at picking strawberries yet by Qworg on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:04PM (#16640758)
Certainly! I lived in Plant City for about 3 years.

That's still a nice design - many are just mounded earth.

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Re:Robots are not very good at picking strawberries yet by jdmichal on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @04:14PM (#16641915)
Ah, apologies then. You probably know more about it than I do. I just show up for the Strawberry Festival every year!
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