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World’s first raspberry picking robot cracks the toughest nut: soft fruit
The Guardian ^ | 1 June 2022 | Julia Kollewe

Posted on 06/01/2022 9:00:25 PM PDT by Cronos

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To: HYPOCRACY

They also don’t pick their ass, then handle the fruit you eat!

I have seen them do it in the strawberry fields every day when I drove to and from work!


21 posted on 06/01/2022 10:55:40 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Cronos

Fieldwork Robotics
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I like this name.


22 posted on 06/01/2022 11:05:16 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Cronos

Made in Mexico?


23 posted on 06/02/2022 12:20:37 AM PDT by o-n-money (Not my president: WRONG Not the president: RIGHT)
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To: ptsal

>> The food line image.... scary.

The scary part is the dependents wired to passively wait on line instead of forcing production.


24 posted on 06/02/2022 2:16:59 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Cronos

A nut-picking robot could present a real hazard with a software glitch.


25 posted on 06/02/2022 2:34:31 AM PDT by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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To: Deaf Smith

That was probably the original title.
The Editor convinced Steinbeck the Grape sounded more noble, less like a taunt.


26 posted on 06/02/2022 3:15:03 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Theoria

“You’ll pick nothing and have everything.” Blackrock


27 posted on 06/02/2022 4:39:00 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (To you all, my loyal spell checkers....nothing but prospect and admiral nation.)
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To: 21twelve

—”Years ago I was working at a vineyard and talked to the guy about his laborers.”

A friend owns a vineyard and winery...

Grape picking machines are popular but, the rows need to be further apart and a turning area at the end of the rows. About half the grapes per acre and the cost of the machine.

He retired and the kids didn’t want it.
Forsale, such a deal!


28 posted on 06/02/2022 6:45:01 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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