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Re:The Farm Automation Breakthrough by verinus on Monday July 29, 2019 @05:19AM (#20552774)
what leads you to think that SW is the most expensive part? IMHO it depends on scaling- as SW scales extremely well it might be, that SW is by far the cheapest component in this mechatronic system. especially if you factor in maintenance and operating costs.
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Re:The Farm Automation Breakthrough by hirundo on Monday July 29, 2019 @02:47PM (#20557952)
The most capital intensive part. Clearly the per unit cost is dirt cheap.
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