With a few beeps and a slight rev of the engine, Alfie, the autonomous sprayer, sets off to work. He may be the best new recruit on this farm.
abc.net.au/news/crop-spraying-robot-autonomous-wa-farm-spraying-weeds/102770404With a few beeps and a slight rev of the engine, Alfie, the autonomous sprayer, sets off to work, spraying weeds in the big open paddocks of a grain farm near Pindar in Western Australia.The robotic sprayer is being used to kill weeds in fallow paddocks on a grain farmWith a boom width of 24.4 metres, Alfie is the largest autonomous sprayer operating in the state.
"It will all be determined by how resilient he is bouncing across the paddocks and how he holds together … this is a harsh environment for him. At 10, Alfred was sent to the Christian Brothers school at Tardun, just south of Pindar, 120 kilometres inland from Geraldton. "There is always risk associated with equipment, but he's probably safer than having an operator on there with a mobile phone," Mr Jenkin said.
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