Robots, aren't they one of the most cool future gadgets? I'm sure that is little boy or girl you wished you had some cool robot. Well, when I was kid it was not possible since the technology was not so developed as it is today. Today's kids has really much better toys, but it is still toy. What this future gadget I have for you this time really is not is a toy. No it is true farmer and really hard worker.
Future of robotics is without any doubt not toys, oh no future of poor robots is work and really really hard work. Car industry is using robots for many years and now pretty fast even other companies are using robots more and more every year. Well, there was one part of industry where robots were not used almost at all - agriculture. You probably already heard about those gps navigated automatic tractors, well this is something much more complex and in fact this robot does not even need a gps navigation which is something pretty cool.
What you can see in this video is robot called Prospero designed by David Dourhout. It is special seeding machine that works in groups. Such group will be monitoring whole field and seed according to state of of the place, it is very complex machine and I have to admit I don't know anything abyout agriculture.
Prospero is six legged autonomous robot which walks, seeds, remembers where it placed the seed, can work in groups and is just amazing. Without any doubt of the most cool future gadgets in 2012 so far.
Designer of this robot would like to create even far more advanced farming robot in the future. The future robot should be able not only to seed, but just to take care of the plants in all phases of the growing process, kill the weed and pests and just everything the plant needs 24 hours a day.
Looks like thanks to such future gadgets as this one, farming of future will not be hard work anymore, but it will much more look like Farmville on facebook, you will be just sitting in your office and giving orders to buch of crazy sic legged robotic farmers and hope they will not decide to kill you as pests.
Future of robotics is without any doubt not toys, oh no future of poor robots is work and really really hard work. Car industry is using robots for many years and now pretty fast even other companies are using robots more and more every year. Well, there was one part of industry where robots were not used almost at all - agriculture. You probably already heard about those gps navigated automatic tractors, well this is something much more complex and in fact this robot does not even need a gps navigation which is something pretty cool.
What you can see in this video is robot called Prospero designed by David Dourhout. It is special seeding machine that works in groups. Such group will be monitoring whole field and seed according to state of of the place, it is very complex machine and I have to admit I don't know anything abyout agriculture.
Prospero is six legged autonomous robot which walks, seeds, remembers where it placed the seed, can work in groups and is just amazing. Without any doubt of the most cool future gadgets in 2012 so far.
Designer of this robot would like to create even far more advanced farming robot in the future. The future robot should be able not only to seed, but just to take care of the plants in all phases of the growing process, kill the weed and pests and just everything the plant needs 24 hours a day.
Looks like thanks to such future gadgets as this one, farming of future will not be hard work anymore, but it will much more look like Farmville on facebook, you will be just sitting in your office and giving orders to buch of crazy sic legged robotic farmers and hope they will not decide to kill you as pests.
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