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Mechanical parts have more ways to break. All of those rocks in the field are just waiting to crunch things up. How long will weeds live if they continuously g
by Broken_Hippo 6y ago
Mechanical parts have more ways to break. All of those rocks in the field are just waiting to crunch things up.
How long will weeds live if they continuously get their foiliage removed? How about when part of the root (closest to the surface) is damaged/burned as well?
I really don't know, but I imagine that if such a robot went out into the field many or most days, there wouldn't be much of an issue. The weeds would continually get weaker.
- gdubs 6y agoTractors break, sure, but steel implements have been doing a pretty good job of handling rocky soil for a very long time. Fixing a blue steel corkscrew seems easier than debugging a laser.
- Broken_Hippo 6y agoI very highly doubt that a farmer is generally going to debug a laser on the spot. That requires a skill set not really needed to be a farmer, and who knows how long it'll take. Realistically, a farmer would swap out the part. Any actual work on the laser is more likely to be done by a trained professional, if anything to cut down on accidental burns.
- kickout 6y agoCorrect and also you (should) benefit from the main cash crop outcompeting the weed, eventually. Just hope it doesn't go to seed before it dies
- visarga 6y ago> cash crop outcompeting the weed I thought weed was the cash crop. /s