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Lasers instead of herbicides?

 
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Which would you rather?

I came across this article recently. They built a robot that can shoot precision lasers to kill weeds, negating the need for herbicides.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/laserweeder-packs-two-dozen-nvidia-gpus-and-lasers-to-zap-your-weed-problem-vaporizes-600-000-weeds-per-hour-with-sub-millimeter-precision-instant-laser-death-for-pesky-weeds

While I think this is overkill and has its own set of problems... if I had to choose between a laser shooting robot and an herbicide spraying tractor attachment... I think I would choose the laser.

This feels like a step forward, maybe? What do you think?

 
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probably overkill, yes....I would choose lasers also though...I think? more likely neither.

For some reason this reminded me of summer jobs in Illinois 'walking beans'.
I guess it was child labor but the only summer jobs while in junior high and high school were walking bean rows with a hoe and detasselling corn.
I suppose those farms 'upgraded' to herbicides years ago for weeding beans and there's no manual labor involved anymore...

I'm trying to imagine the robots 'shooting' buttercup, thistles and cocklebur🤔

 
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