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Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by chasd00 on Monday April 26, 2021 @11:55AM (#26943932)
when i was in HS i worked on one of those crews you see mowing highways and state parks (super good money for a teen but man it was hard work). Mowing on a slope with a large tractor can be very dangerous because you can tip over. Automating away the danger to a human may be worth the effort in its own right.
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Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by HeyLaughingBoy on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:53PM (#26945616)
They make remote control (wired) mowers specifically for this use case. I've also seen some steep-slope brush mowers from Swiss companies, but those are hand-operated. Not surprisingly, the Swiss have a lot of farm equipment designed for use on very steep slopes.
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Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by delfinom on Monday April 26, 2021 @12:01PM (#26944031)
The real problem is tractors aren't designed correctly for slopes, you don't need quite automation as much as a vehicle with lower center of gravity.
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