To clear up any misconceptions, it’s not a drone from that company making iPhones and iPads, but a flying tethered quadcopter with an outstretched arm attached that can intelligently target, grab, and pick apples off a tree, before dropping them onto a collection device.
Each drone appears to be equipped with sensors and cameras for not only determining if a piece of fruit is ready to be picked but for knowing where to drop them using QR codes for targeting so the machine can collect all the fruit into a single container. Tevel promises the progress of the machines can be monitored remotely through the use of GPS and mobile apps, and they can operate 24 hours a day, or at least until the central machine runs out of power or gas.
Tevel’s business plan seems to be geared towards renting these machines out to farmers as needed at harvest time because buying them outright would likely be
cannot tell a ripe piece of fruit from a green one.
Are most of the apples supposed to be lying on the ground?
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