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My thoughts exactly. I've always though the whole artificial eye thing was often unnecessarily limiting the range of perception (and thus capabilities) to what
by mythrwy 9y ago
My thoughts exactly. I've always though the whole artificial eye thing was often unnecessarily limiting the range of perception (and thus capabilities) to what humans are accustomed to.
Maybe part of the answer is in the form factor of strawberry plants. Like olives for instance. They grow olives now in windrows of little bushes, like a low hedge and harvest them with a machine that straddles the rows. Which obviously is a lot more efficient then getting them out of a tall tree.
- craftyguy 9y agoYou're comparing harvesting from a tree/small tree to harvesting from a vine that, by nature, always grows very close to the ground. Many plants in strawberry fields are maybe a foot high (often less), and very dense.
- mythrwy 9y agoYou've seen hanging strawberry baskets right? https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/strawberry/hanging-strawberry-plants.htm https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/strawberry/ha... Point being we don't have to grow things in their natural forms. And we often don't. Olives, after all "by nature" are big trees (which was the point, not to suggest growing strawberries exactly like olives). And this is without even talking about selective breeding for a different form factor for strawberries. Never mind severe genetic alteration we can do nowadays.
- craftyguy 9y agoHow is that any easier to harvest from with a robot? And land + baskets + hanging aparatus starts to get cost prohibitive..
- mythrwy 9y agoWell, if you look at the picture in the strawberry basket link I posted you will clearly see the strawberries hanging outside the vine in plain view, solving the problem of strawberries hidden under the leaves that can't be seen by the machine. "land + baskets". Sigh. See my comment above.
- raverbashing 9y agoBaskets might work for your garden, but not for a big strawberry field. That solution doesn't scale.
- bjelkeman-again 9y agoBut something like it does scale: Tiptree farms https://youtu.be/q3XUXH76YBE https://youtu.be/q3XUXH76YBE
- mythrwy 9y agoThank you. We seem to have a problem with "something like" in this thread. Not talking about literal baskets or literally growing strawberries like olives. Those are just examples of different growth form factors that 1) allow automation and 2) clearly show the strawberries on the outside. Just a bit of a rant. If everything has to be explicit robots are going to take your jobs kids. Need to be able to think in general principals to stay safe from that.