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Re:Open Source Farming Robot by sgt on Friday June 25, 2021 @08:53AM (#27630131)
I thought the same. Why not just sort out an automated irrigation system, and do the initial seeding manually? Even with a robot there will be manual work like cleaning weeds, pruning, etc.
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Re:Open Source Farming Robot by justsomeperson on Friday June 25, 2021 @09:10AM (#27630309)
weeding and pest control is where the real utility for a farm robot would come in.
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Re:Open Source Farming Robot by sgt on Friday June 25, 2021 @09:41AM (#27630633)
Yes, good point. Does this open source farm robot spray pesticide?
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Re:Open Source Farming Robot by KaiserPro on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:44AM (#27632210)
Shouldn't need too, if you know where you've planted then you can kill any plant that's growing in an unknown place.

For all the other types of pest, you really don't want to be automatically spraying that, you're one software bug away from having a very bad day.

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