Guest Post by Hardscrabble Farmer
Robot Mowers Invade America’s Golf Courses, Putting Groundskeepers On Notice | ZeroHedge
A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK I COMMENTED ON WATCHING A MAN USE ONE OF THESE ON AN APARTMENT COMPLEX PROPERTY TO LITTLE EFFECT. I SAW HIM OUT THERE AGAIN LAST WEEK, SAME THING. MOWER UNABLE TO COPE WITH THE GRADE, GUY STANDING THERE RUNNING IT. WHAT ONCE COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY A TEENAGER WITH A $200 WEEDWHACKER AND AN HOUR OF HIS TIME NOW TAKES ALL DAY WITH A $3,000 ROBOT AND A FULL-TIME OPERATOR. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT BEING A TRIMMED SLOPE WHEN THE TEENAGER DID THE JOB AND A MARRED AND INCOMPLETE ONE WHEN TENDED TO BY THE ROBOT AND ITS OPERATOR.
I LOVE THE USE OF THE TERM “AUTONOMOUS” IN THIS CONTEXT.
Autonomous tech has its moment at CTS facility tour…
You don’t just let it go completely on its own. You set it up, give it its directions, and it maps out what it needs to do.”
Garcia noted, “After that, it can move around and handle the work, but we’re still there monitoring it and making sure everything runs properly.”
AUTONOMOUS: denoting or performed by a device capable of operating without direct human control
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Robot Mowers Invade America’s Golf Courses, Putting Groundskeepers On Notice | ZeroHedge
A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK I COMMENTED ON WATCHING A MAN USE ONE OF THESE ON AN APARTMENT COMPLEX PROPERTY TO LITTLE EFFECT. I SAW HIM OUT THERE AGAIN LAST WEEK, SAME THING. MOWER UNABLE TO COPE WITH THE GRADE, GUY STANDING THERE RUNNING IT. WHAT ONCE COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY A TEENAGER WITH A $200 WEEDWHACKER AND AN HOUR OF HIS TIME NOW TAKES ALL DAY WITH A $3,000 ROBOT AND A FULL-TIME OPERATOR. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT BEING A TRIMMED SLOPE WHEN THE TEENAGER DID THE JOB AND A MARRED AND INCOMPLETE ONE WHEN TENDED TO BY THE ROBOT AND ITS OPERATOR.
I LOVE THE USE OF THE TERM “AUTONOMOUS” IN THIS CONTEXT.
Autonomous tech has its moment at CTS facility tour…
You don’t just let it go completely on its own. You set it up, give it its directions, and it maps out what it needs to do.”
Garcia noted, “After that, it can move around and handle the work, but we’re still there monitoring it and making sure everything runs properly.”
AUTONOMOUS: denoting or performed by a device capable of operating without direct human control
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Continue reading...
[ H/T The Burning Platform ]
