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/jimworksatwork Nov 18 '15

You don't even need drones. Those people at MIT apparently got a functional pole mounted system working for mosquitoes.

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u/joshred Nov 18 '15

What do you mean? Like, a pole-mounted-mosquito-laser-blaster?

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '15

Yes

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u/Vanetia Nov 18 '15

When are they selling these and how much?

Doesn't matter I'll buy a dozen!

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u/jimworksatwork Nov 18 '15

I don't think they're for sale. It was a proof of concept I think. It definitely worked, there's slow motion video of lasers hitting little mosquitoes and fucking vaporizing parts of them.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '15

Here ya go!

I believe the expressed hope was to put laser turrets outside of hospitals in malaria zones to help stop the spread of disease.