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Why Robots Should Shake the Bejeezus Out of Cherry Trees


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You can't have flawless cherries if you use a giant machine to shake a tree trunk willy-nilly. You've got to getalgorithmic.

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I don't think sci-fi saw this coming. For so long, futuristic books and films have promised us robots like C-3PO that translate alien languages and assist us in hijinks.

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