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Steve Jurvetson

@FutureJurvetson

Freethink primer on Verdant Robotics: "This 'intelligent sharpshooter' farming robot distinguishes crops from weeds — and it could help feed 10 billion people. The robot also scans the entire farm to geolocate each plant accurately within centimeters." ► youtu.be/sV0cR_Nhac0

Verdant Robotics and Freethink

10:04 PM · Oct 30, 2022

Well, that’s interesting tech!

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Interesting. What impact does it have? Higher yield, lower pesticide use.. others?

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Steve Jurvetson

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Yes, and less fertilizer too. 20x less chemicals

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Optimization at scale

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@MindFieldMusic

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This makes me really optimistic. Love to see it.

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Very inspiring and promising. Next step sould be autonomy, and replacing pesticides by laser.

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Feeding 10 billion people is the last thing this planet needs.

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80/log(X) 9/30/2019

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