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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Sounds like the start of a silly horror movie. by ruinous · 2007-07-04 14:20 · Score: 0, Redundant

"DIE, human WEEDS!!!"
Re:What would be even cooler by nospam007 · 2007-07-04 23:03 · Score: 0, Redundant

What would be even cooler, would be a weed growing robot.
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Some of my friends _are_ weed growing robots, not too cool, alas.