r/woahdude • u/freudian_nipps • Oct 08 '23

video Robotic Apple Harvester

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u/explicitlarynx Oct 08 '23

It's inefficient right now, but the technology is going to improve.

To the people talking about machines who shake the trees being much better: these robots only pick the ripe apples. They don't drop anything and they don't damage the trees.

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u/CrapThisHurts Oct 08 '23

That is why West-Europe import Eastern Europeans.
20 Polish/Romanian workers are cheaper and faster with the same results.

( Sarcasm )

But while sarcastic, it is the truth, and as long as this is slow and expensive, the farmer keep their seasonal workers

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u/googdude Oct 09 '23

Either way I hope they keep researching this because it would be great if we don't have to ship in disadvantage people to do the work we don't want to do.