Still Waters Posted June 24, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 24, 2019 An engineer working for Japanese carmaker Nissan has built a robot to help farmers reduce the use of herbicides and pesticides on their rice crops. The compact robot, called Aigamo, is designed to mimic the natural use of ducks that paddle around in flooded paddy fields. Ducks have been used as natural weed repellents for centuries to tear them up and feed on insects, with their manure even acting as an additional fertiliser. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7175053/RoboDUCK-used-Japan-rice-paddy-fields-free-pests-weeds.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Not A Rockstar Posted June 24, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Interesting, as usual Japan is ahead in the effort to find safer alternatives, but, I prefer the ducklings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Walt' E. Kurtz Posted June 25, 2019 #3 Share Posted June 25, 2019 (edited) Sounds like the script to a new movie. Robocop bites the dust and gets rebilt as ROBO DUCK !!! Fear his razor sharp beak and vicious quacks. Edited June 25, 2019 by Impedancer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted June 26, 2019 #4 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Duckling are so cute... why not just using duck ? They eat the pest, no need to build them or feed them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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