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Re:Small robots may kill the tractor and make farming efficient by sandworm101 on Sunday November 11, 2018 @06:45PM (#18429478)
>> Robots can run from solar/bio energy generated locally at the farm.

If the robots are going to harvest the same amount of product, they are going to need at least similar amounts of power to today's machines. If they are airborne, and doing fancy AI things too, they will need far more power for every ton harvested. However it is harvested, by hand or by flying drone, the same weight of fruit has to make it from field to barn.

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Re:Small robots may kill the tractor and make farming efficient by hutzlibu on Sunday November 11, 2018 @07:04PM (#18429574)
Using flying drones to harvest is not a plan I heard of yet..

Not efficient. But they are good for checking on your plants.

And if you do have a big solarfield and a small wind turbine as well, you probably can power your own machines.

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