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The design looks reasonably scalable.
by sharpercoder 10y ago
The design looks reasonably scalable.
- dzhiurgis 10y agoWouldn't arm design be much simpler though?
- mikebelanger 10y agoAn arm would be simpler, but might get awkward for larger plots. Some kind of self-driving vehicle with an arm might be the most scaleable.
- randomdata 10y agoBut for larger scale operations, does it scale any better than the existing technology, which is also pretty much fully automated these days? Take soybeans. Typically you want to plant around 130,000 seeds per acre. I estimate by the video that it takes about three seconds to plant a single seed. That's four days just to plant a single acre of land. The John Deere DB120 planter claims to be able to plant 75 acres per hour. Naturally, you can add more of these machines, but with that goes up the cost and complexity. I'm not so certain the economics would favour such a device.