Nothing to do with UAVs (and the "APM" thing is just a coincidence), but I thought I'd pass it along anyway as a great example of human/robot interaction. The autononous farm vehicle does the driving while the worker does the cutting.
(via Missy Cummings)
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Marcel, good to hear. After all, any productivity gains, would otherwise be offset by on-job worker injuries.
Marcel, from a safety point of view, I notice that the robot tractors don't have indicator signals. So the workers don't know when the bot is going to start moving, and in what direction. Is there a chance that workers can get run over or is the bot equipped with enough sensors to avoid that possibility?
Monsanto won't care, as long as they can patent the IP, and sue anyone that tries to use anything similar. Watch out DIYDrones.
The illegal immigrant labor unions will put an end to this. Surprised no-one thought of using a cherry picker to pick cherries before.