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Re:Open Source Farming Robot by jvanderbot on Friday June 25, 2021 @10:38AM (#27631326)
Tertill is cool and all, but for a new garden, you still have to weed until the payplants are big enough to trigger "collisions". There's no magic in sensing: It just kills new growth.
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Re:Open Source Farming Robot by nobody_nowhere on Friday June 25, 2021 @01:49PM (#27634066)
Yeah, seems to assume you're going to put protectors around the 'good' plants or something at first. Still, I could see some interesting swarm behavior opportunities for the right types of plants and growth stages...
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Re:Open Source Farming Robot by spelunker on Friday June 25, 2021 @10:52AM (#27631523)
It also looks like you need to give it room to move around? Look at all that space that could be used for more veggies!
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Re:Open Source Farming Robot by schmorptron on Friday June 25, 2021 @01:24PM (#27633755)
I'm guessing some veggies need to be planted that far apart so there's enough nutrients in the ground for all of them to grow fully
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Re:Open Source Farming Robot by Defenestresque on Friday June 25, 2021 @02:07PM (#27634300)
You can just surround the new plants with the plant guards that come with the robot.
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