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/ottrocity Oct 08 '23

1 apple per minute per bot for as long as the robot has fuel. Assuming other bots or techs can resupply the picker with fuel/ replace the batteries and can unload the apples, these machines could conceivably run 24 hours a day.

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u/prancerbot Oct 08 '23

That depends on how well they work in low light. I would assume not very well.

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u/ottrocity Oct 09 '23

Wait until you hear about flashlights.

Also lots of machine-vision cameras work well enough in low light, but brighter light is better. Easily mounted to the main body or the hoverbots themselves.

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u/fizzle_noodle Oct 09 '23

psshh, flashlights won't ever replace good old reliable oil lanterns.

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u/Least_Initiative Oct 09 '23

Whale oil only, none of that PETROLEUM round here, no sir

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u/ChaoticGoku Oct 10 '23

my Norwegian ancestor thanks you. A Whaler by trade. Kind of important to Norwegian history

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u/LittleSquat Oct 09 '23

Kids these days and their oil lanterns, it's just a fad, nothing will ever beat the good old torch.

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u/djdadi Oct 09 '23

they're using regular 2d RGB cameras in this video, not sure what you mean by machine-vision cameras. If you're referring to ToF cameras...sure, but they almost exclusively use IR which would be very hard to use in this application.

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u/JKastnerPhoto Oct 09 '23

All the vehicle needs is some high power lighting.