Who among us likes to weed? Let’s step outside our suburban homes for a moment and think about the farmers out there – weeding might be a big issue for them. This brings us to the question of spraying herbicides to kill weeds versus manually weeding acres upon acres of vegetable patches. Thus was born the costly organics industry.
“But hold on,” say the Danish “why can’t we just build a robot to weed our farms for us?” And so they did.
Enter Hortibot. An approximate three-foot-by-three-foot, self-propelled, global positioning system, directed, weed-eliminating, automated robot.
Everything looks to be going green for this little ‘bot – it is purportedly cheaper than current methods and better for the environment as it is able to reduce herbicide usage and exposure on foods.
I have two questions:
- Why does it not use solar power?
- Does it do residential gardens?