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Nice tethered-drone tentacle hack… lots of possibilities for this form factor if you can accommodate the tether. Endurance becomes irrelevant and payload goes up since no battery needed and that’s often the heaviest bit. I want this got my mansion orchard
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Fruit farmers' most difficult task is organizing the havest. Tevel's drones select, pick and box only ripe fruits with the help of an AI working day and night [full video: buff.ly/3APys9i]
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I’m not sure it would be? Articulated arms are very heavy and need high-torque drives or messy hydraulics. The driven load is high. Drones are actually pretty efficient I think. I saw a paper showing they can be more efficient than trucks for deliveries under many conditions.
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“An analysis of the GHG emissions of the fuel of each transportation mode shows that quadcopter drones and electric cargo bicycles are among the most efficient vehicles in terms of CO2e per km and a competitive alternative in terms of GHG emissions per package….
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“Therefore, an analysis of the energy consumption and GHG emissions on a per metric ton-km basis shows that small drones are the most energy-intensive vehicles,” Basically — good for small packages for small distances. Don’t try to move ton-size loads over km scales with drones
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