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Or a robot simply removes the pests one by one. If you’ve got enough robots it shouldn’t be a problem.
by mrfusion 8y ago
Or a robot simply removes the pests one by one. If you’ve got enough robots it shouldn’t be a problem.
- MichaelMoser123 8y agohow fast and of what size must such a robot be so that it becomes cost efficient?
- throwaway76543 8y agoThere are existing prototypes of laser systems for killing fast moving insects such as mosquitos. Imagine a device on a fence pole covering the surrounding acre. There are plenty of slow moving pests, weeds and the like as well.
- ryacko 8y agoOr we could eat less fresh fruit, buy more fruit for baking and already canned fruit.
- mkl 8y agoWhere do you think that canned and baking fruit comes from? It's grown just the same.
- Nzen 8y agoPresumably, canned fruit could involve less organic waste as the canner can use ugly fruit that consumers may reject for long enough that it spoils. I don't know enough to guess whether this is more energy 'efficient', given that we need glass or metal containers, in this case.
- ip26 8y agoYes, but there's probably less loss & spoilage in the supply chain for canned/frozen/dried/etc.
- mkl 8y agoSame pest/weed control, though, and that's what we were talking about.
- taneq 8y agoOnce you're making your robots fight insect/animal pests, it's probably more efficient to attract natural predators. They're like highly-optimized, self-maintaining, self-constructing robots already.
- ip26 8y agoThis is the awful irony of a lot of these farm robots. Like the pollination robots, for example. Maybe I'm just being shortsighted, but it seems like we already have pollination robots, called bees. Native bees don't even require a hive or beekeeper. But, apparently, it would appear "not using neonicotinoids" is a lot harder than "designing & manufacturing millions & millions of tiny robot bees"
- rdlecler1 8y agoBees are not always efficient pollinators and they can also be most costly.
- whostolemyhat 8y agoMore costly than building thousands of tiny robots or pollinating plants by hand?
- rdlecler1 8y agoYou need to consider the costs of all these robots. Farmers would in razor thin margins.