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Re:China Drone Attack on Crop-Eating ‘Monster’ Shows 98% Kil... by ticmasta on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @12:31PM (#20868266)
The challenge is getting the tractors into the right locations and keeping their operators out of the spray. It would be harder to get precise application so they are more likely to use more and higher concentrations of pesticide.

The most cost-effective response using traditional application of pesticides is probably bigger drones (aka a flying tractor)

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Re:China Drone Attack on Crop-Eating ‘Monster’ Shows 98% Kil... by Gomer1800 on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @06:52PM (#20872093)
Look up Blue River Technology. Proof of concept for this tech already exists, John Deere will have this tech out in the coming years.
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Re:China Drone Attack on Crop-Eating ‘Monster’ Shows 98% Kil... by sukilot on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @01:51PM (#20869133)
Remote-control tractor seems simple enough.
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Re:China Drone Attack on Crop-Eating ‘Monster’ Shows 98% Kil... by Loughla on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @02:25PM (#20869544)
We pretty much already have remote control tractors via autosteer. The operator is a meat weight making sure nothing catches on fire.

Autosteer, of course, is only useful off of public roads, what with all the pesky pedestrians and other vehicles.

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