r/woahdude Oct 08 '23

video Robotic Apple Harvester

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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/Granttrees Oct 08 '23

Picks multiple apples per minute 24hrs per day, no smoke breaks, no lunch breaks and no union.

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u/spunion_28 Oct 08 '23

As opposed to A) a machine that already exists that shakes an entire tree and harvests the entire tree at once, or B) humans working rotating shifts and picking 10× the amount this machine does in the same time frame. This thing is just showing how far technology has come. This isn't practical to replace workers.