Robots picking apples in WA State

[KayLR]

https://www.geekwire.com/2019/apple-picking-robots-gear-u-s-debut-washington-state/ (https://www.geekwire.com/2019/apple-picking-robots-gear-u-s-debut-washington-state/)

"Wherever automation appears, so does the question of whose jobs might be displaced. But American farmers have for years complained of a labor shortage (https://www.fb.org/viewpoints/worker-shortage-threatens-u.s.-ag-sustainability) and are increasingly dependent on foreign seasonal labor."

[Yppej]

I picked apples in eighth grade and lasted one day. Unlike the robots I was supposed to get half rotten apples off the ground for cider, juice, and applesauce. Maybe if I'd been able to take apples off the trees I would have stuck with it longer. The robots have it easy.