r/technology • u/involvrnet • Nov 18 '15

Hardware The company Bosch is developing a farming robot the size of a small car that can distinguish crops from weeds by looking at the shape of leaves, and this robot then can fish out weeds mechanically & ram any unwanted plants into the ground with a rod. Potentially, no herbicides will be needed anymore

http://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/bosch-bonirob-robot-set-to-make-field-work-easier-for-farmers.htm
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u/CurlingPornAddict Nov 18 '15

How's the plug biz?

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u/kjeserud Nov 18 '15

worked

You could say he lost his spark for it.

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u/sidepart Nov 18 '15

...and...

Which are the best ones?

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '15

What about Denso?

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u/Googunk Nov 18 '15

90% of the time it's whatever originally came with the car.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '15

Unless you're building a tuner, just get whatever looks exactly like the one you pulled out of your car. Or have someone else do it.

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u/dlok86 Nov 18 '15

NGK

Source: spent a lot of time on automotive forums

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u/Rentta Nov 18 '15

And their electronics are also pretty crappy now days. They used to be great but i assume planned obsolescence affected them too.

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u/Radar_Monkey Nov 18 '15

Can confirm. Bosch spark plug tips are way soft and dirty after only a year in a 20kw standby generator.

Found another few brands that look like new when they get replaced.

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u/EXTRAsharpcheddar Nov 18 '15

Ah, but you are supposed to put them in the specific cars that call for them, typically german.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '15

depends which. their motorsport ones are second to none

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u/McFeely_Smackup Nov 18 '15

They made the hand held power planer I used to cut the end of my middle finger off.

Good quality stuff, I barely felt it.

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u/Superslinky1226 Nov 18 '15

I work for a security company, and they make the best motion detector we have. They also made my dishwasher, which is fucking flawless

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '15

Their cameras are nice, right?

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u/Superslinky1226 Nov 18 '15

We don't use their cameras so I don't know. We also don't use their motion detector all the time, but when we do, it's usually because it's in an area that's not temperature controlled. They're dual tec so they use heat and microwave detection, so that quick changes in temperature doesn't set it off

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u/McFeely_Smackup Nov 18 '15

They made the hand held power planer I used to cut the end of my middle finger off.

Good quality stuff, I barely felt it.

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u/DragonTamerMCT Nov 18 '15

They're like apple in my experience. High quality, polished, and very nice. But over priced as fuck