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No doubt the tech is interesting but conceptually this is pretty awful. Anyone who has done it knows if you have irrigation sorted there is very little needed
by jasondozell 5y ago
No doubt the tech is interesting but conceptually this is pretty awful.
Anyone who has done it knows if you have irrigation sorted there is very little needed for seedlings to grow to full size. Even with no irrigation we’re only talking 5mins watering on dry days.
Adding all this electronics and metal to an otherwise organic and natural process is environmentally, economically and spiritually detrimental.
- sgt 5y agoI thought the same. Why not just sort out an automated irrigation system, and do the initial seeding manually? Even with a robot there will be manual work like cleaning weeds, pruning, etc.
- justsomeperson 5y agoweeding and pest control is where the real utility for a farm robot would come in.
- sgt 5y agoYes, good point. Does this open source farm robot spray pesticide?
- KaiserPro 5y agoShouldn't need too, if you know where you've planted then you can kill any plant that's growing in an unknown place. For all the other types of pest, you really don't want to be automatically spraying that, you're one software bug away from having a very bad day.
- opinologo 5y agoIf that's the case then plastics from your irrigation system would also ruin your environment. Metals (although in tiny portions) are part of ourselves but plastics are not.
- jasondozell 5y agoDon’t think a hose that costs $10 is comparable to everything going into these contraptions that cost $1.5k