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The site is throwing a 503 error, but there is a good archive link here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210717211859/http://www.re-des.org/a-solarpunk-manifesto/

The site is throwing a 503 error, but there is a good archive link here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210717211859/http://www.re-des.org/a-solarpunk-manifesto/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210717211859/http://www.re-des... Looks like a great manifesto. I'd also like to share my real world solarpunk project to those interested: https://community.twistedfields.com/t/a-closer-look-at-acorn-our-open-source-precision-farming-rover/108 https://community.twistedfields.com/t/a-closer-look-at-acorn...

sha256kira 5y ago
omg I love that farming bot project! perfect concrete example after reading that manifesto :^) super inspired
- TaylorAlexander 5y ago
  Thank you so much! I wrote my own manifesto some years ago. http://tlalexander.com/machine/ http://tlalexander.com/machine/
  - sha256kira 5y ago
    Any other projects (especially software or web related) you can recommend in this same spirit? Or maybe hackathons / conventions / irc / discord communities etc. for software engineers interested in getting involved?
    - TaylorAlexander 5y ago
      I thought about this, but unfortunately I am so focused on my own work I often miss the work of others.
exporectomy 5y ago
Very exciting farm robot! I know weeding is a very labor intensive job on farms so I hope you can help eliminate that entire industry! What other tasks would this be useful for? I think most of farming for basic crops like grain is already very low-labor now, isn't it?
- Animats 5y ago
  Vision-based weeding is a product you can buy from Deere now.[1] [1] https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/news-and-announcements/news-releases/2021/agriculture/2021mar02-john-deere-launches-see-and-spray-select/ https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/news-and-announcements/...
  - kortex 5y ago
    Sure, but a) that's still spraying, albeit more targeted (still a win) b) I'd have to give money to John Deere.
    - Animats 5y ago
      There are a few variants on that. One kind just overdoses the weed with fertilizer. One zaps weeds with a laser. One just stomps on them. A small one from WalMart takes out weeds with a string trimmer. Most of the successful systems are wide implements to be towed behind a tractor, not autonomous robots. Farmers already have tractors.

sha256kira 5y ago

omg I love that farming bot project! perfect concrete example after reading that manifesto :^) super inspired

TaylorAlexander 5y ago
Thank you so much! I wrote my own manifesto some years ago. http://tlalexander.com/machine/ http://tlalexander.com/machine/
- sha256kira 5y ago
  Any other projects (especially software or web related) you can recommend in this same spirit? Or maybe hackathons / conventions / irc / discord communities etc. for software engineers interested in getting involved?
  - TaylorAlexander 5y ago
    I thought about this, but unfortunately I am so focused on my own work I often miss the work of others.

exporectomy 5y ago

Very exciting farm robot! I know weeding is a very labor intensive job on farms so I hope you can help eliminate that entire industry! What other tasks would this be useful for? I think most of farming for basic crops like grain is already very low-labor now, isn't it?

Animats 5y ago
Vision-based weeding is a product you can buy from Deere now.[1] [1] https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/news-and-announcements/news-releases/2021/agriculture/2021mar02-john-deere-launches-see-and-spray-select/ https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/news-and-announcements/...
- kortex 5y ago
  Sure, but a) that's still spraying, albeit more targeted (still a win) b) I'd have to give money to John Deere.
  - Animats 5y ago
    There are a few variants on that. One kind just overdoses the weed with fertilizer. One zaps weeds with a laser. One just stomps on them. A small one from WalMart takes out weeds with a string trimmer. Most of the successful systems are wide implements to be towed behind a tractor, not autonomous robots. Farmers already have tractors.