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Re:Small robots may kill the tractor and make farming efficient by taneq on Sunday November 11, 2018 @06:27PM (#18429385)
Once you're making your robots fight insect/animal pests, it's probably more efficient to attract natural predators. They're like highly-optimized, self-maintaining, self-constructing robots already.
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Re:Small robots may kill the tractor and make farming efficient by ip26 on Monday November 12, 2018 @12:07AM (#18430716)
This is the awful irony of a lot of these farm robots. Like the pollination robots, for example. Maybe I'm just being shortsighted, but it seems like we already have pollination robots, called bees. Native bees don't even require a hive or beekeeper.

But, apparently, it would appear "not using neonicotinoids" is a lot harder than "designing & manufacturing millions & millions of tiny robot bees"

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Re:Small robots may kill the tractor and make farming efficient by rdlecler1 on Monday November 12, 2018 @01:52AM (#18431014)
Bees are not always efficient pollinators and they can also be most costly.
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Re:Small robots may kill the tractor and make farming efficient by whostolemyhat on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:58AM (#18432077)
More costly than building thousands of tiny robots or pollinating plants by hand?
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