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gizamo t1_itjwumv wrote

Reply to comment by Black_Moons in This new farming robot uses lasers to kill 200,000 weeds per hour by GonjaNinja420

To prevent any weed damage to crops, you'd probably only need it a few times throughout the spring, summer, and fall.

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Black_Moons t1_itk2lbl wrote

Yep, so you have 1 tiny robot that spends 24/7 scanning acres, it will complete a full scan every week to month.

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gizamo t1_itk2vyt wrote

I think it moves faster than you're assuming. Tbf, I saw similar machines ~6 years ago, and they moved much faster than I thought they would.

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Black_Moons t1_itmg85y wrote

Ok, but farmer fields are also bigger then your assuming.

Think of the biggest yard you have ever seen... that is a tiny hobby farm. Industrial farming is done at insane scale.

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gizamo t1_itmmr7y wrote

I programmed automation systems for farm equipment that accounts for the precise sizes of industrial farms. So, I think I have some idea. However, that was a long time ago. Perhaps farms have grown, idk. ¯⁠\⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠⁠/⁠¯

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