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					Originally Posted by  ilbegone
					 
				 
				On the one hand, $11.00 some odd dollars an hour ain't shit. 
 
On the other, is there really a machine that can pick strawberries, differentiating between ripe and almost ripe? 
			
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 The factory farms that would be using robotics are already having the cheap labor immigrants and illegals pick them all "almost ripe" anyway.
With laser and other sensors, I would guess that the sugar content or something could be determined by a scan. I've got one of those moisture meters for checking firewood moisture content, and a laser thermometer, and I'm just a lowly pissant in this world.