Man Finally Makes the Weed-Removing Robot

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 4, 2007 @01:40PM from the it-only-listens-to-reggae dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "According to the Ludington Daily News, Michigan, Danish agricultural engineers have built a robot to help farmers with weeds. The Hortibot is about 3-foot-by-3-foot, is self-propelled, and uses global positioning system (GPS). It can recognize 25 different kinds of weeds and eliminate them by using its weed-removing attachments. It's also very environmentally friendly because it can reduce herbicide usage by 75 percent. But so far, it's only a prototype and the Danish engineers need to find a manufacturer for distribution."

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hi-tech by martin_henry · 2007-07-04 13:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...is self-propelled, and uses global positioning system (GPS).
...but does it run Linux?!?

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Re:The conservative dilemma by timeOday · 2007-07-04 17:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It was mainly conservatives who killed Bush's so-called amnesty bill. Nationalism vs. cheap labor, so hard to choose...