yoniyuri t1_itoxhx9 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:22 AM

Reply to comment by Shufflepants in This new farming robot uses lasers to kill 200,000 weeds per hour by diacewrb

If the lasers were accurate enough, it would take a long time if ever. Evolution can only happen if there are survivors. No survivors have a less chance of beneficial mutation. Of course the weeds come from somewhere, so not zero chance.

Shufflepants t1_itqaip2 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:58 PM

It's not about the lasers being accurate, it's about the vision system used to recognize the weeds, and rye was close enough to wheat and barley to fool human eyes at least some of the time.