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It's not simple as that, and that's a problem that people have been working on for a long time. Some crops need to be reengineered to be friendly to mechanical
by jeffchien 7y ago
It's not simple as that, and that's a problem that people have been working on for a long time. Some crops need to be reengineered to be friendly to mechanical pickers:
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/how-to-pick-a-pepper/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/how-to-pick-a-pepper/
And even then the yield is bad:
* https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/03/20/592857197/robots-are-trying-to-pick-strawberries-so-far-theyre-not-very-good-at-it https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/03/20/592857197/ro...
* https://www.growingproduce.com/fruits/berries/florida-blueberry-growers-fielding-rise-of-the-machines/ https://www.growingproduce.com/fruits/berries/florida-bluebe...
* http://www.beilkefamilyfarm.com/blog/2015/7/blueberries-machine-picking http://www.beilkefamilyfarm.com/blog/2015/7/blueberries-mach...