The noise! No wonder he’s wearing ear defenders.
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My first thought is if you gave that lad a ladder and a basket he would be a lot quicker at getting the fruit and rather more cost effective!
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Precisely.
Robotic pickers I get. But a drone to reach just a few feet seems overkill … and slow.
And unless Argentina has changed dramatically in the two days since I saw a news report of millions impoverished by inflation (and politics) there’s a few million looking for jobs at very low pay rates.
Of course, it may be a proof of concept for a task that’s more drone relevant.
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The power consumption taking all their profits 
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It will need a lot of modification to make that pay.
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A large net/ tarpaulin placed on the ground and something to shake the tree would be more profitable 
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Technology is still too way off 
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