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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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For whatever reason drone delivery seems reasonable to my intuition. Ability to go in a straight line and deliver autonomously is a huge plus.
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