Friday, 30 April 2021

The Robots are Coming (To a Field Near You)?

The Small Robot Company, in the UK, are working on replacing herbicides with robots (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/29/killer-farm-robot-dispatches-weeds-with-electric-bolts). A scout robot, 'Tom', scans arable farm fields for offending weeds. Tom's information is then fed to an Artificial Intelligence Engine ('Wilma'). 'Wilma' uses the information to instruct, 'Dick', the killer robot. 'Dick', powered by a Tesla battery, locks on to each target 'weed'. 'Dick's' electrode descends and the weed is exterminated (with extreme prejudice) using an 8000 volt shock! The robot weeding team can also work at night, by employing LEDs. Science fiction arrives on the farm?

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