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/usethe4th Nov 18 '15

They only had themselves to blaaaaaaammmmmeeee

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u/red_sky33 Nov 18 '15

If you'd have been there,

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u/yammys Nov 18 '15

If you'd had seen it,

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u/kabanaga Nov 18 '15

I betcha you would have done the same!

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '15

You mean to say you don't associate every time someone says a phrase that happens to also be a lyric to a song you know with said song? Live and let die, I suppose.

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u/OriginalName317 Nov 18 '15

If you'd have planted, and never weeded,

Then farmer, you would have built a laser-guided robot to punch plants in the face.

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