As production increases, technology improves, and prices drop, will we see dairy farmers opt to have their own in-house pest control? (my guess is that would be a long time away in the future, if at all, but it's interesting technology)
"Lights ablaze, the drone tank stalks its targets. Its sensors create a 3D map of the environment, and its twin turrets whir as they bring their barrels to bear on the mummies hiding in the trees. With an almost anticlimactic "pfft" a tiny, biodegradable pellet strikes the mummy, knocking it to the ground. The process repeats until the target area is devoid of mummies and the harmful worms they may carry. And if that sounds like a weird science fiction passage with some unusually normal details—Pellets? Trees?—it's not. This is a real tracked, turreted robot that serves a real purpose. But the mummies are … almonds."
Full story, photos, video...
https://www.motortrend.com/news/insighttrac-autonomous-agricultural-mummy-robot/
"Lights ablaze, the drone tank stalks its targets. Its sensors create a 3D map of the environment, and its twin turrets whir as they bring their barrels to bear on the mummies hiding in the trees. With an almost anticlimactic "pfft" a tiny, biodegradable pellet strikes the mummy, knocking it to the ground. The process repeats until the target area is devoid of mummies and the harmful worms they may carry. And if that sounds like a weird science fiction passage with some unusually normal details—Pellets? Trees?—it's not. This is a real tracked, turreted robot that serves a real purpose. But the mummies are … almonds."
Full story, photos, video...
https://www.motortrend.com/news/insighttrac-autonomous-agricultural-mummy-robot/
Very cool!
I can see something like this guarding an alfalfa field and eliminating rabbits, etc. Most likely it would benefit hawks, owls, foxes, and other predators (with non-lead ammo, of course).
I can see something like this guarding an alfalfa field and eliminating rabbits, etc. Most likely it would benefit hawks, owls, foxes, and other predators (with non-lead ammo, of course).
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