Feds spend $1,123,463 for strawberry robot. And that’s not even the punch line. The robot won’t pick berries, just transport them to the unloading station. Instead of paying someone a million dollars to develop a little remote control car, why didn’t they just go to Toys R Us?
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And on the flip-side, may God continue to bless the way things ought to be
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Amazing, since it's been so nice and quiet here today. No grunting trolls even!
They already have this. It's called a John Deere tractor with a trailer behind it. If you have a newer John Deere you can even program it to run via GPS. Have these moron-geniuses ever visited a farm?
Maybe they can gold plate them and sell them as ultra fancy golf carts.
They're academics. Intelligentsia. Geniuses and legends in their own minds. Of course they've never visited a farm.
The question I have is, did they even consult with a real strawberry farmer? I'll ber not.
More information pointing to intent to fritter and waste as much money as possible. The actions of the government don't reflect comprehension of budget issues... but what do you expect from a group that willfully ignores the meaning of the word "budget"?
I am sure the government's pajama boy who approved this never experienced using a pick up truck or garden tractor and trailer to move things.
Is it just me, or did I see a "Fisher Price" logo on the side?
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Can't she just be happy about the mystery of it all, like the rest of us? What a f***ing snoop!
Or, hell, pay me a million dollars and I'll CARRY the damned berries!
Amazing how a human can do a job, we call it "menial" and tell him he's earned himself five bucks with his day of toil... and then pay a million dollars to a robot.
The feds are breaking even on this, doesn't it cost that much to support one undocumenial once one gets settled here.
True, but who do you think they will have operating the robots?
The manuals are in Spanish.
In Spanish, it's a Manuel.
No shit. How many unemployed high school kids could you pay to carry boxes of strawberries with that much money?
AND WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT IN THE BUSINESS OF DEVELOPING ROBOTS ANYWAY?
Because this is what happens when you give lazy, smart people, who have way too much time on their hands, an unlimited amount of our money and tell them to go play with themselves.
I was going to make an Anthony Weiner joke but reread and noted you specified SMART people so anything about the Democratic Duke of Dictures is irrelevant
It would never work, the Undocumented folks would just take them apart and put the wheels on their lowriders.
O man, you're making me think of Cheech & Chong now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1gsD_rkmSY - Great tune to boot!!
Only thing is Cheech and Chong didn't record that song, it was War.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro4yhp9L6Ok
Whence Lee Oskar hailed, after hailing from Denmark.
If the robot has hydraulics, it's all over.
"Undocumented" migrant agricultural workers aren't going to like that...
This is to replace them once they become documented democrats.
Yeah, but will the robots be union?
Will likely require 5-6 technicians per robot just to properly maintain the robots. Yes, they will be union.
they DID call them FRAIL-bots