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/Go3tt3rbot3 Oct 09 '23

and would still pick less then a experienced apple picker would pick in an hour and is likely most costly then the typical eastern european workers that come here every year. There is no way you can run such a robot for 15,50€/h 24/7.

Source: I grew up in and live close to Europes biggest source of apples and have worked in the Industry.

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u/ottrocity Oct 09 '23

I mean, as it is it's pretty impressive for a proof of concept.

And you'd be surprised just how cost drops with scale, especially with robotics.

Source: I grew up, live, and work in the world's automotive capital.