Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers

Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by stonemetal12 on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:53AM (#26943128)

This most likely wouldn't be safe for poison ivy removal. Burning poison ivy creates a toxic cloud. As much as poison ivy isn't fun, poison ivy in your throat and lungs is even less fun.

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Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by timbre1234 on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:02PM (#26944928)

You need to think more "hit it with enough energy to break cell walls and kill the weed" and not "burn it in fire like a SciFi movie.

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Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by 1970-01-01 on Monday April 26, 2021 @12:10PM (#26944188)

The robot has nobody near it. Toxic clouds would burn with no ill effect to humans.

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Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by SamBam on Monday April 26, 2021 @11:12AM (#26943356)

Presumably the laser wouldn't be setting the whole plant up in smoke. Couldn't it target the base and let it fall?

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Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by stonemetal12 on Monday April 26, 2021 @11:31AM (#26943603)

My understanding of poison ivy is that no part of the plant is nontoxic. Burning just the base would minimize the toxic cloud, but not eliminate it.

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Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by SamBam on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:31PM (#26946931)

I really don't think that burning a line an inch long and 1/16th of an inch thick at the bottom of a stem is going to release any significant amount of toxic cloud. A tiny bit if you're right there next to it, sure, but it would be dissipated within a few minutes.

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