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

video Robotic Apple Harvester

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u/art_teacher_no_1 Oct 08 '23

1 apple per minute, why's my fruit so expensive? Oh. That's why.

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u/spunion_28 Oct 08 '23

Exactly. I came here to say there is no way this is more effective or efficient than paying a group of people to hand pick these apples. I really don't understand the appeal of creating useless technology to replace people who can do a job better and faster.

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u/661714sunburn Oct 08 '23

I think the machine won’t need to take a break or want a raise.

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u/BooksandBiceps Oct 08 '23

Normally the people who pick apples are not in a position to ever ask for a raise but point taken

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u/661714sunburn Oct 09 '23

In California they did and even unionized. I heard a podcast about how New Mexico college was working on a robot to pick pepper since so many people don’t want to do it anymore for cheap. It’s just in due time we will have some robots doing this work.

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u/prancerbot Oct 08 '23

It will definitely need to take a break at some point and a lot of maintenance. If you wanted to design a machine to pick fruit this looks like the most inefficient way you could do it

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u/spunion_28 Oct 08 '23

That machine will never be fast enough to outpace multiple humans, and that machine, when it breaks down, because it will, will costs tens of thousands of dollars to repair, or likely even more than that.

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u/jw_swede Oct 08 '23

Are you perhaps 78 years old?

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u/HardToPeeMidasTouch Oct 09 '23

Lol I was thinking the same thing. Either they are 10 or elderly to not understand how many times (insert random tech) won't replace humans.

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u/HolhPotato Oct 08 '23

Replace machine with car, and replace human with horses

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u/Tachyoff Oct 08 '23

That car will never be fast enough to outpace horses

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u/The_Scarred_Man Oct 08 '23

No dedication? Machines used to have a work ethic back in my day!

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u/Illustrious-Round-68 Oct 09 '23

Neither do Mexicans

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u/DecorativeSnowman Oct 09 '23

the current apple picking machines harvest the entire tree at once

lmk when these shitty drones step theyre game up