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by Symbiote 1834 days ago
The alternatives suggested on [1] (from a different comment) are much cheaper: long poles, a safety harness, lock tag.

If farmers aren't already using those, why would they buy this?

[1] https://agfax.com/2019/02/18/grain-bins-sudden-death-4-ways-...

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> Consequences. Of the 22,215 passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2019, 47% were not wearing seat belts.

And I highly doubt half of those people were driving old cars with no seat belts.

If people can’t be arsed to use a simple safety tool it’s going to be a hard sell to build a robot.

Better would be to build a silo that has safety features built in and make it competitive on price.

It looks more fun to use.