, 'We use a conventional neural network and a supervised machine learning set.'" OK, I don't really know what that all means, exactly, but it looked cool AF in their demo at MJBizCon. The system incorporates a back-lit time of flight camera, which measures depth, as well as a machine vision camera. ZD Net nicely captures the detail when it reports, "The robotic harvester uses machine vision and path planning algorithms to isolate clusters of flowers. I'm happy to hit that rate of success when performing the act of walking, and Bloom's machine is pretty remarkable in not only accuracy, but how it got there. For our sake, we should hope they are using their combined powers for good, because this could pretty easily be turned into the first cannabis-related episode of "Black Mirror." But it's impressive and worth considering when the financial health of a licensed grower could turn on having an option to cut down on or even replace its workforce of human trimmers.īloom has been working on a beta version of a precise automated trimmer. Massachusetts-based Bloom has assembled a team of geniuses in the not-at-all-frightening fields of military robotics, automation and product development. The problem is that machine-trimmed flower often looks like a blind man on meth used a weed whacker to shear a flock of sheep. There already exist trimming machines in the industry that can reduce or eliminate the need for hand-processing by weak, unreliable meatbag humans. Something that doesn't charge (unless it just needs a charge) is a machine.
Some trimmers charge by the pound, others by the hour, but like anyone, they charge. Trimming can be hard on the back, hands and wrists, and it's long hours of repetitive work. Taking a branch and transforming it into a pile of High Times-centerfold-ready buds is an art form, which is why a talented Edward or Eunice Scissorhands can take home $20+ an hour (plus the coveted scissor resin that builds up on their scissors' blades).
Thanks to trimmers, the weed that you buy at a dispensary can put its best face forward with confidence and appeal, like any of us do after a great haircut.
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