Nocturnal-Teacher t1_j9ubfl0 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 4:48 PM

Impressive tech! Seems like it may be a while before wide adoption, humans would outpace that like 10-1.

Would be interesting to see the economic break down of drones v humans!

tatleoat t1_j9udekc wrote on February 24, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Moves at about half the rate of a person:

https://nocamels.com/2022/09/flying-robots-pick-fruit-24-7-and-know-exactly-when-its-ripe/

So it would take two of these to replace one person, might be more like a year or two away from this being genuinely viable

Nocturnal-Teacher t1_j9ugsmz wrote on February 24, 2023 at 5:22 PM

I didn’t read the article, but wow I’m surprised it’s that fast because it seems rather slow in the video. But just the fact that it’s close says to me that this is inevitable

tatleoat t1_j9uj5k8 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 5:36 PM

I'm sorry I should have been clearer, by one I mean one vehicle, which is like 6 or 8 of those individual little flying guys, which are incredibly slow on an individual basis. But you're right, not much longer until almost the entire agricultural process is automated (and still prob only a few years before we can grow fruits in a lab to scale, making this entire process obsolete lol)

The_Observer_Effect t1_j9ysigd wrote on February 25, 2023 at 3:48 PM

Yeah it seems like a lot more energy expended per fruit and I'll bet humans do many many more times that, and with better quality control. But give it a few more year's...