Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less chemicals

Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch... by Ancalagon on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @07:30PM (#33633215)

I did not assume the smaller drones would be simpler than the tractor. In fact I'd expect them to be similarly if not more complex.

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Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch... by lstodd on Thursday November 17, 2022 @04:29AM (#33636687)

More complex for sure. If you watched the video, there's still a tractor. And instead of a simple plastic tank, it hauls a shitton of electronics.

Now, the video is shot in a shiny nice weather day. Now imagine how would it perform if it's raining since last Tuesday.

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Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch... by ForrestN on Friday November 18, 2022 @12:34AM (#33650787)

To be clear: we were talking about a "food forest," not the kind of row-based farm tractor in the video. I certainly agree that the kind of tractor in the video is simpler than the swarm units would be. But a giant tractor that can navigate a forest is a different matter entirely, no?

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