Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch...
by conviencefee999 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @07:26PM
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Ehhh really haven't. While you could argue farming is different due to it being more constricted, it really isn't and well unlike driving, this has a size constraint which has and likely will not be solved for in the near or distant future. It's complicated and might not be solvable. And well the current advancements while they seem nice aren't very useful. I know individuals who work in this sphere specifically and there are several problems alone with basic things such as sensors which are not adequate enough, if anyone attempts to solve this problem in the next decade I'd believe them to be the next theranos.
Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch...
by defrost on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @08:36PM
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> And well the current advancements while they seem nice aren't very useful.
Current advancements already allow tractors to go autonomously go over the bulk of the same large areas of ground that they have for the past decade (already logged and recorded), graceful fallback alerts remote farmer to make a human decision re: tree falls, new rocks, unexpected gear state changes.
These are useful advancements in machine control.
These developments have locally run in parallel with the above linked Rio Tinto work here in W.Australia - it's a pity the largest mining operation on the globe has imagined its work to be productive and useful and allowed its cost analysis to sway its thinking lacking your insight to the contrary.
Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch...
by deelowe on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @11:00PM
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Don’t leave me hanging. What is the constraint that is unlikely to be solved?
Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch...
by bluGill on Thursday November 17, 2022 @09:03AM
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My educated guess is detecting humans/children in places where they shouldn't be. Sending a tractor across a field controlling everything is easy - tractors have been doing this for more than 25 years. Detecting something that shouldn't be there and not killing it is hard, which is why all tractors that do this have some form of sensor to ensure someone is in the tractor. There are a few other issues similar to the above.
I work for John Deere, I can't speak for the company.
Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch...
by bluGill on Thursday November 17, 2022 @09:00AM
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Working for John Deere I can tell you that we are attempting to solve the problems right now. I can't speak for the company, but that we are working on it is public knowledge.
'We' have already succeeded in autonomous driving in agricultural and mining domains - these are much simpler, more tightly controlled and less liability prone than open highways and suburban backstreets.
eg:
> We run more than 130 autonomous trucks, part of our Autonomous Haulage System, across our Iron Ore operations. The trucks are operated by a supervisory system and a central controller, rather than a driver. The system uses pre-defined GPS courses to automatically navigate haul roads and intersections and knows actual locations, speeds and directions of all vehicles at all times.
> In 2018, each truck was estimated to have operated on average 700 hours more than conventional haul trucks, with 15% lower costs – delivering clear productivity benefits. They also take truck operators out of harm’s way, reducing the risks associated with working around heavy machinery.
- https://www.riotinto.com/en/about/innovation/automation