Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers

Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by burnished on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:11PM (#26945061)

They grow these enormous and very resilient root balls under ground. I was taught that the most efficient way to kill a blackberry bush was to remove the structure above ground, locate a central stalk that leads under ground, and stick the end in kerosene or gasoline I don't remember which. That gets sucked up into the root ball and kills the plant. Never done it myself, mind.

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Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by riazrizvi on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:59PM (#26945700)

Sure that is a one-stop permanent solution for a plant which grows back its leaves very quickly but the question is, how can the plant thrive enough to harm other crops if you defoliate it every day?

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Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by burnished on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:15PM (#26951095)

What? I'm telling an anecdote about blackberries over here. It's not commentary on the broader topic.

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Re:Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers by throwaway41597 on Monday April 26, 2021 @04:59PM (#26948047)

If the crop is near a bush, then the plant can happily grow in the bush and send roots to the crop.

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