| Yes, I hear you! Because I feel the same way when I sit down and try to explain with words not the design of my robot but its function. I think I tried with 5 people who fabricate custom machinery. The only ones who understood what I was trying to say are those who have had some field knowledge or some farm background. No task can be completely automated without some kind of code making decisions. That's why large automation machinery meant for commodity farms are like blind farm labourers. They can't make decisions. Like pruning autonomous tractors or something that mows down or discs 500 acres. But completely diff and won't work when it comes to a bot harvesting strawberries. Some do..if they have a vision system or has some kind of intelligence system making decisions. And that's why it will be several millions of dollars. Nothing is as efficient as a human making decisions in the field. But our jobs can be made easier 1. if the data we need to make decisions is easily available. 2. If there is less manual labour. Smaller farms are great for robots. If there is disease in a 500 acre corn field, how would you figure it out? But if it's 100 five acre blocks. And we have a swarm of 10 bots that can handle five acres at a time, then they can work as a swarm and also collect information to compare data with other blocks. My point is that if we create intelligent systems AND autonomous solutions for small blocks/farms, they are scalable and can be replicated. And diff data sets can be created. But if something is created which functions only with a minimum lay of 500 acres, it's not only expensive but limited in its application. Also..it would be easier to customize and build on top of existing applications because each year farm conditions change and small farms are more diverse. I don't know if this kind of thinking is right or if it makes sense. But that's my reasoning for why one needs small acreage robots rather than large commodity crops farm bots. Thank you! I would like to know if I am able to be articulate. I still can't be precise and say in short sentences which seems to be a desirable thing for tech people. But it's tough for me. |