• Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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    010 months ago

    Operating this at scale will be a problem. Yes, you can make one this big, but how durable is it when you build one at industrial scale? If you need a million little tiny fingers working for days at a time, what’s the mean time to failure and how hard are they to replace?

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      410 months ago

      How many people do you think are weeding at a time on a farm? And at what rate?

      This is absolutely scalable. It doesn’t need to be bigger. It’ll just go row by row like every other farm tool :)

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        110 months ago

        Right, but how long will it last before it breaks? If it can only do an acre of crops before part of the mechanism breaks it won’t get adopted by farmers.

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          310 months ago

          How long until your car breaks? These aren’t going to be flimsy machines. What makes you think they would be?

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            210 months ago

            That’s why I’m asking, there’s no details in the article about its expected lifetime and that’s important for adoption

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              210 months ago

              I meant to convey that the machine isn’t going to fail after one acre or any other small amount. It won’t be built out of legos ;)

              And shouldn’t the end-game be to eliminate the need for human labor for these grueling jobs? Even if the first iteration isn’t quite as good, it is important to look to the future.

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                110 months ago

                I agree that it’s a good thing, but I don’t think you understand the point I’m making, so I’m ending it here.