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Re: Open Source Farming Robot

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Post by jasondozell »

No doubt the tech is interesting but conceptually this is pretty awful.

Anyone who has done it knows if you have irrigation sorted there is very little needed for seedlings to grow to full size. Even with no irrigation we’re only talking 5mins watering on dry days.

Adding all this electronics and metal to an otherwise organic and natural process is environmentally, economically and spiritually detrimental.

Re: Open Source Farming Robot

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Post by foxhop »

taylorfinley wrote: post #10

I know cnc and farming, and I really don't see this product surviving. I can't find a shovel that lasts more than a few months on my small farm, I don't know how a big 3d printer is going to cut it in anything like real agricultural conditions. I would love to be wrong though, garden robots would be great, especially if they had lasers for slugs. Actually, forget the rest of the robot, all I really want is a slug las…

Slug lazers ~= small flock of ducks

Re: Open Source Farming Robot

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Post by jasondozell »

d--b wrote: post #6
bobiny wrote: post #4

I think humans moving further from soil is unhealthy in the long run, but this looks fun, like a reverse farming simulator.

Growing your own veggies requires an awful lot of time, so barely anybody does it. If this robot allows people with little time to grow vegetables in their backyard, you can argue that they will move closer to soil rather than further...

That’s not that true and the robot will hardly help.

The reason people don’t do it is that commercial farming is so efficient once you factor in costs growing your own is not cheaper than buying from supermarket.

Re: Open Source Farming Robot

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Post by Zenst »

bobiny wrote: post #4

I think humans moving further from soil is unhealthy in the long run, but this looks fun, like a reverse farming simulator.

The user-interface, planning your plot sure does gameify that aspect very much like a farm simulator. Heck, in today's times I shudder how much game/real-life cross-over and IP conflicts we see play out in the years too come.
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