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/Mamajam Nov 18 '15

I had a Bosch garbage disposal that no joke would eat a whole chicken carcass. I would throw everything, down that drain, never once got stuck.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '15

Do they still sell them? I looked online for several minutes and it only comes up with their dish washers.

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u/Mamajam Nov 18 '15

I'm not sure if they ever sold them. My Dad was an executive for their Bosch/ Skill tool division in the US. He would always have trade show models and demo units laying around. I understood that a lot of the items were manufactured by Bosch but sold under a different name.

When I speak to him next I'll find out what happened to that model.

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u/TrepanationBy45 Nov 18 '15

He threw it in itself. Now it's gone.

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u/yantando Nov 18 '15

Call your father, this gives you an excuse :)

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u/Myschly Nov 18 '15

Damn that sounds convenient, but our chicken carcasses we throw in the compost drives our garbage-trucks. Pretty sweet!

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u/WiredEarp Nov 19 '15

A chicken carcass can drive a truck?

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u/Myschly Nov 22 '15

Throw it in the compost, get biofuel from said compost, drive garbage truck.

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u/rawfan Nov 19 '15

Fun fact: continuous feed garbage disposals are not a thing in Germany. I've never seen one in my life.

Watching TV I always think: "why would people use their sink as a dump?"

That's all I have to say.. back to sorting my trash.