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by robotresearcher
4433 days ago
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Qworg said: "Its amazing how difficult these problems are. This type of work relies on things that humans are optimized to do - forage and produce food. We are arguably the best robot for some of these tasks." It really is amazing how difficult some of these problems are. That was the point of GP's post. By saying "currently" you wave away that point without addressing it. While robots are getting better, there are lots of things we take for granted about human and animal competence and that we have made very slow progress on replicating in robots. It's much more fun to think and talk about those tricky bits than to simply expect them to be solved. I don't need statistical proof that there is an automation trend. I'd like an argument about why the interesting hard parts are going to turn out to be doable. You might infer from my username that I am moderately optimistic. |
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I'm far more optimistic on these problems, as I've seen many of them solved.
Lettuce picking (and other ground crops shortly) thinned and picked by machine? Check.
Strawberry sorting for plant quality? Check.
Strawberry harvesting? Check.
Harvesting of tree crops? Check.
Orange grove navigation by tractors? Check.
Ex: http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/usda/ http://farmofthefuture.net/#/slideshow/autonomous-tractors-t... http://farmindustrynews.com/precision-guidance/new-driverles... http://www.agprofessional.com/news/JD-autonomous-tractors-ar... https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/robotics/sm...