Comments on: Solar Weed-killing robot

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:28:25 +0000

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Solar Weed-killing robot, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

By: knapsack sprayers

knapsack sprayers — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:20:15 +0000

Have to agree with Dave on this one, it is far too big for proper weeding but again, like Matt says it would be great for a soccer field.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:52:37 +0000

Weird. When I saw this thing I immediately thought about agricultural applications, and my brain quit right there. I’m trying to solve the world’s problems here, man! Dandelions in the outfield do not concern me.

By: matt

matt — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:55:57 +0000

I’m not sure, this was made for a field, not a garden. I agree it’s too big for anything but a field, but I think it would do just fine keeping the weeds off a soccer field for example. Plus it’s a prototype Robots running around spraying poison though…. gives one pause.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:03:21 +0000

I posted about this in the forums, back before we had a blog. I said it then, and I’ll say it again:
“The robot is too freaking BIG. Swarms of small bots that could crawl between rows of plants would get the job done, but this behemoth couldn’t get anywhere near the weeds it needs to kill. But hey, they did a lot of hard work, they mean well, and they’re headed in the right direction; so U of I gets a Special Olimpics gold metal for this one.”