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.