Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Prospero The Farming Robot

Humans never end at building things that would make life simpler for them. We have seen the many innovative inventions and even the craziest newness items. And in this post, you see what could be the future of farming.

Meet Prospero, a seed-planting robot. It has a Parallax Propeller fragment mounted on a Schmart Board, enabling it to navigate in any citation and prevent getting bumped in to obstructions. The drudge has 5 legs to pierce around the fields and a sensor underneath that senses where seeds have been deployed.

If it does find a mark that needs planting, Prospero would puncture a hole, tumble the seed, casing the hole with soil, and mist the belligerent with white paint imprinting that the planting routine is a success.

The robot's swell can allot fertilizers and herbicides. It can even talk with other Prosperos in the margin for a more effective farming.

The developer, Trossen Robotics , has nonetheless to publicize either Prospero would be mass-produced.

Source: Personal Computer World , around Engadget

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