That is so cool! So it’s less of “programming” a robot and more just utilizing its natural properties and math/geometry to make it do what you want. So neat.

@phills6732

10 ай бұрын

not 'programming' as most people think about it, but it still is, in a sense

@chocomilkfps1264

10 ай бұрын

Robot as in “capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically”

@equesdeventusoccasus

10 ай бұрын

You literally took the words right out of my mouth.

@coolcax99

10 ай бұрын

You may be surprised to learn that “programming” is just utilizing the natural properties of electrons and math/physics to make computers do what we want

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

if you reforest the entire planet you will cause mass starvation - try planting a tree plantation first - then determine management required - you actually need ground covers to protect seedlings = this is an absolute fizzer - may have some application but not for what you think

I didn’t know other plants had these self sowing mechanisms. I was only familiar with porcupine grass having them.

@pvic6959

10 ай бұрын

i saw those seeds on a hike once and thought they were cool!! no idea what they were though

@TagS883

10 ай бұрын

Welcome Brother

@timexyemerald6290

10 ай бұрын

i used to collect them and throw at my cousins ack Javelin Style. you can make someone Porcupine by doing that. we got a lot of those in asia.

@MrKoffeeKup

10 ай бұрын

Fire Cracker plants and Bittercress plants are fun. Seed pod explodes on contact and sends seeds everywhere.

@jonathannumer5415

10 ай бұрын

Where I live the Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany has it.

It's a "GROUNDBREAKING" 😂 😂 😂 Intentional or not, loved it! 😝

@feynstein1004

10 ай бұрын

Ba dum tss

@davidarvingumazon5024

10 ай бұрын

Nothing ground breaking when the Morocco is breaking the ground to get fertilizers, and controls China, India, US and the World.

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

if you reforest the entire planet you will cause mass starvation - try planting a tree plantation first - then determine management required - you actually need ground covers to protect seedlings = this is an absolute fizzer - may have some application but not for what you think

@cvspvr

10 ай бұрын

​@@lauralee6628laura, it's time to stop

@raclark2730

10 ай бұрын

@@lauralee6628 Drop the ground cover and other pioneer species first. Do it in stages.

AMAZING! Here in Brazil, a similar strategy is used by rainforest palm trees of the genus Euterpe. One of them (E. oleracea) produces the well-known "açaí". The round seed has meridian axial fibers, which open up with moisture and it looks like a spider... with more legs. This makes it easier for the seed to settle in the soil, giving it time to root without being carried away by runoff. GRATEFUL!

@kiranreilly4916

10 ай бұрын

Thats really interesting and Ive never heard of this before, thank you!

@The-KP

10 ай бұрын

Açai is one of the berries Instagram influencers make into smoothies.. cultivo de açaí causa desmatamento da floresta amazônica. After deforestation there's little top soil left, the forest can't grow back. Pode virar deserto, parecido com o nordeste do Brasil 😢😢😢

@stofjes4204

10 ай бұрын

Bom dia , do you have more information about this?

@elalan4879

10 ай бұрын

​@@RepentandbelieveinJesusChristthanks i will

@hanshima_

10 ай бұрын

​@@The-KP you don't know what you're talking about. Açai is a lot more than Instagram berries. It's a traditional Brazilian fruit for decades. And its effect to deforestation is nothing close to pecuary and soy beans.

Interesting solution. There is at least one simpler solution already tested with very high degree of success: Using gel like droplets/beads carrying seeds and dropping them from aircrafts. The gel like substance acts as protection and initial nutrients for the seeds and the velocity of the dropping effects help with the ground penetration. This solution has been used several times in Brazil to recover the Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) that covers the Brazilian coast, which was in extreme risk a few decades ago. The same solution has been used successfully in other places.

@moos5221

10 ай бұрын

But you won't get funding for a known solution, they try to create something new to get rich. Tree seeds can just be thrown on the ground and trees will grow, nature has proven that for millions of years...no need to a contraption like that, other then to receive funding.

@corujariousa

10 ай бұрын

@@Malcovic29 Agree.

@zhangwei4622

10 ай бұрын

If only there was some kind of creature we could feed seeds to and they would fly around and disperse seeds inside of a natural fertilizer.

@elalan4879

10 ай бұрын

​@@zhangwei4622LMAOOOO

@corujariousa

10 ай бұрын

@@zhangwei4622 In a sense there are several species that eat and poop the seeds helping forests stay healthy and even come back from destruction. It is a much slower process but still part of the overall forestation efforts (primates, deers, birds, insects, etc).

That's insanely interesting! Can't wait for more info abt this

@commoncentsamerican

10 ай бұрын

2:38 These people insert CHEMICALS into simple things that can be done without chemicals. Humanity needs to move away from the CHEMICALS and you would be better off planting by machine or hand honestly. We do not need to spread this unknown chemical into the ground. We don't need your chemicals in seeds. We dont need your chemicals in our trees and plants. You missed the entire idea and approach when you began putting CHEMICALS into your idea. If your idea will not work without the chemicals then you failed.

@shanerodgers234

10 ай бұрын

Could always use all the waste green to make compost and spread compost everywhere first then drop these from drones that would elp with soil also there's plenty of waste in this world all sorts of things can be turned I to compost to help with land fills soil is can be made fast and efficient by humans sometimes we need to intervene with nature to help its success

Now that is cool. Saturating the wooden bot part with some fertilizer wouldn't hurt either. The best part is you can mass produce them in huge amounts, mix up several species for a target zone, and just saturation bomb the area. Natural competition will take over and the strongest plants will take over. You could also deploy non-tree species - ground cover, hedges, scrub, whatever, to either form a pre-forest ecosystem, forest-adjacent ecosystem, or non-forest ecosystem.

@ravingcuriosity6345

10 ай бұрын

And with that strategy in mind, you can actually slowly prepare the ecosystem remotely, like for terraforming of another planet 🤩

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

you can also fence an area off = then manage grazing animals to obtain any desired yield from the land = without animals you have nothing of any real value

@vapormissile

10 ай бұрын

I like the cut of your jib. Swords into ploughshares. We have bombers, factories, and places that need a forest-inducing airstrike. "Roger, Green Two. Woodland Glen incoming in 3...2...1-"

@commoncentsamerican

10 ай бұрын

2:38 These people insert CHEMICALS into simple things that can be done without chemicals. Humanity needs to move away from the CHEMICALS and you would be better off planting by machine or hand honestly. We do not need to spread this unknown chemical into the ground. We don't need your chemicals in seeds. We dont need your chemicals in our trees and plants. You missed the entire idea and approach when you began putting CHEMICALS into your idea. If your idea will not work without the chemicals then you failed.

@ozzy9410

10 ай бұрын

@@ravingcuriosity6345we’d end up needing a planet that already has a perfect temperature and atmospheric pressure to replicate this effect on earth due to the fact that water freezes at lower temperatures and higher pressures and boils off at higher temperatures and lower pressures. Additionally, it’d need meteorological activity that deposits water so the seeds would perform their tasks as well. Not saying it’s implausible as a terraforming technique, just that its a technique that would be used further down the road, and I admit it is quite smart to think of using them for that purpose.

You could definitely bomb these over whole areas, but I think an issue arises from them all being planted at once. With trees this could be problematic since once they mature their similarly sized and positioned canopies could lead to darkness below which means the floor plants aren't getting enough sun to grow. Might need to take care in spreading them out far enough, and combing over areas multiple times planting them in intervals of months or years.

@frankmacleod2565

10 ай бұрын

Reforestation would be easier if we didn't replace the forest with housing developments and agricultural fields. Nature takes care of itself when man steps aside

@Shannon4710

10 ай бұрын

Wouldn’t that be solve by simply mixing what tree species you plant? That way you would get trees of different sizes and growth rates.

@Jofoyo

9 ай бұрын

@@Shannon4710 Potentially yeah. I know I've seen some videos on forests that suffered from my aforementioned problem, but maybe those *were* improperly done.

@mickowens9839

9 ай бұрын

Unfortunately these will most likely have an actual bomb and dropped over enemy trenches

@a_wild_Kirillian

9 ай бұрын

​@@mickowens9839, yeah, sure, the 75 mg one 🤦

This takes me back to the crazy fun of discovery in my childhood, and playing with these plants from about age 4.😊 Roboticists rock!✌

@commoncentsamerican

10 ай бұрын

It's just WOOD soaked in CHEMICALS. Pay Attention

Seeds are fine on their own though... It's not that not enough seeds get buried, but there aren't enough sown

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

if you reforest the entire planet you will cause mass starvation - try planting a tree plantation first - then determine management required - you actually need ground covers to protect seedlings = this is an absolute fizzer - may have some application but not for what you think

@johntheherbalistg8756

10 ай бұрын

​@@lauralee6628These robots could carry multiple seeds, including the ground cover and pioneer species.

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

@@johntheherbalistg8756 work out the cost of attaching seed first - there are other methods that will work at lowest possible cost - also objective - if you want a high economic return from a forest you need to be able to obtain a yield - what sort of crop are you proposing and where - rainfall varies significantly around the world

frickin fantastic. i hope more of this sort of thing is done all over the world in the future!

I remember watching this years ago. Nice reupload. Still interesting to learn about those seeds.

I love your videos. You explain everything so well. Keep the good work up

Sounds like a great idea - especially in inhospitable areas. Reseeding mountain slops and valleys.

What an amazing concept! Thank you for sharing.

Yes it was fascinating! Thanks for the video and thanks to Danli and team for the cool and useful invention!!!

It's not exactly the same thing, but it reminds me of those color changing roofs that are starting to come on the market. I don't remember the details, but basically they change color depending on temperature. So in the summer when it's super hot, the roof is lighter colored, and reflects the heat away from the house, keeping the interior cooler, thus needed less AC or electricity to keep the house cooled. The opposite happens when it's cold outside, and the dark colored roof absorbs the heat, making it warmer inside the house. Instead of trying to "tame" the climate, working with the natural weather patterns is such a cool idea! Their idea for opening and closing window covers is super interesting!

@katie7748

10 ай бұрын

And what's it made of? How do they get the materials to make it? What happens when it doesn't work anymore? Where does it go? You wanna REALLY help the planet, only use 100% natural, renewable resources. Oh wait, that's inconvenient and doesn't make Them money.

@MrXiaoqiao

9 ай бұрын

@@katie7748 Wow, holy guacamole I'm not saying it's going to save the planet by itself but any steps in the right direction is a start. No need to be so aggressive with me just sharing a technology that I heard about. Any other roof is just a roof, why not make it out of something that helps reduce energy usage marginally....? 100% renewable isn't feasible at the moment (both for businesses and because most solutions like that are nowhere near affordable for the average consumer) so let's encourage any movement towards that eventual goal. Not exactly helpful to jump down the throats of strangers on the internet literally just trying to add to the conversation 😅👌

That's so cool. Scientists solving the world's issues, one tiny robot / seed at a time. ❤

@adamarafa3595

10 ай бұрын

we still have the biggest issue with no fix so far global warming

@your_localcommenter-ft4vf

10 ай бұрын

Technically, this could be seen as a step in the right direction to help combat global warming. This device helps to plant seeds, which means that it can probably replant entire forests! One of the many contributors to global warming/climate change is, I believe, an excess of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere. To make oxygen, trees actually TAKE IN carbon dioxide, which helps reduce the amount of it present in the atmosphere. As such: If we use these devices, then we can replant forests. If we replant forests, then there will be more trees. If there are more trees, then there will be less carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere. If there’s less carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere, then global warming/climate change starts to reverse. It’s a win-win for everyone with these little robots!

@person8064

10 ай бұрын

​@@your_localcommenter-ft4vfliterally no amount of tree planting will reverse climate change though, far too gone for that

@Cholatemilk1

10 ай бұрын

​@@your_localcommenter-ft4vf these are impractical at scale, think about it, they didnt show how these are made, or how the seeds are actually attached. You can get a bunch of seeds, worms, compost and paper and make little seed bombs, which would achieve the exact same result if people want to plant things they should do it and not rely on gimmicks

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

if you reforest the entire planet you will cause mass starvation - try planting a tree plantation first - then determine management required - you actually need ground covers to protect seedlings = this is an absolute fizzer - may have some application but not for what you think

This is awesome! Brilliant work by the researchers and developers!

This is amazing! Opens so much potential for mechanical actuation without need for external energy - just sun and moisture. Perfect!

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

if you reforest the entire planet you will cause mass starvation - try planting a tree plantation first - then determine management required - you actually need ground covers to protect seedlings = this is an absolute fizzer - may have some application but not for what you think

@katie7748

10 ай бұрын

Clearly you haven't heard about Them talking about blocking the sun, nor have you been paying attention to the droughts. Remember when They had us switch from paper bags to plastic to "save the trees?" And now They want us to use "reusable bags" (even though they're ALL reusable unless they rip wtf) made usually of polyester. Dude, WE are the carbon They want to reduce. Go do your homework. Please.

@oberonpanopticon

10 ай бұрын

@@lauralee6628I mean, this technology could also be used to plant ground cover, no? also what are you talking about with “management”, since when do wild forests need to be managed

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

@@oberonpanopticon why would you use this technology to plant ground covers when it is not required ? ground covers grow according to rainfall/climate - all forests require/respond to management = all new forests are labour intensive = everything requires management = true you can eliminate management and obtain zero yield by doing nothing with the forest = all forests contain animals = so animals within forests require management = wild fires in greece are currently due to lack of management + global warming has little to do with urban forests/heath fires = 100 years ago all of the vegetation burning in greece was kept in check with goats = WHAT you should do is go out a plant a forest and determine the usefulness of such a device = might be useful with small seeds like causurina = but then again there really is no need if you actually understand long term establishment/management requirements + long term land use = what would you plant with this device +++ WHY ???

@oberonpanopticon

10 ай бұрын

@@lauralee6628 uh huh… oooookay buddy whatever you say

If seeding was the issue this would be useful. You need to take care of the young seedling for it to grow into a proper tree.

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

if you reforest the entire planet you will cause mass starvation - try planting a tree plantation first - then determine management required - you actually need ground covers to protect seedlings = this is an absolute fizzer - may have some application but not for what you think

@oyuyuy

10 ай бұрын

@@lauralee6628 Stop spamming that nonsensical comment

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

@@oyuyuy which nonsensical comment are you referring to ?

Im just constantly smiling while watching this... i hope it can be adopted in a lot more places 😍

no joke that is a GENIUS design! thank you so much for sharing!!

This is what I have been waiting to see. Fantastic solution. Keep going!☮️

Am I missing something? These robots must cost a lot of money to make and the research and development of them too. Someone has to travel to the area of seeding to drop these robots, would it not be easier and cheaper to take seeds and plant them the old fashioned way?

@johntheherbalistg8756

10 ай бұрын

Not over 100s or 1000s of acres. Drone drops would be way more efficient. Designing these things was probably pretty intensive, but the manufacture wouldn't be, once they have all the bugs worked out

@maximumcockage6503

10 ай бұрын

honestly it probably would be quicker to do it the old fashioned way.

@avisian8063

10 ай бұрын

​@@johntheherbalistg8756oh crap, we havent invented drones that can drop regular seeds in large numbers? So we need to cut down trees to make kini robots, and attach seeds to each robot, to drop them instead?

@johntheherbalistg8756

10 ай бұрын

@@avisian8063 We could drop seeds all over the ground, sure. By the time animals eat 90% of them, the wind blows and it rains once, the whole operation would be a waste. Also, nobody is gonna cut down a whole tree to build these little guys. They're gonna use the production scrap from lumber and stuff. Most of an oak tree is too hard to function in this way, so they'll use the parts that are too soft to make lumber from

@oyuyuy

10 ай бұрын

No, you're completely right, there is absolutely no way a method like this could ever be remotely cost effective.

The footage of the erodium fully gave me the "creepy insect" heebie jeebies, but I love it lol

@feynstein1004

10 ай бұрын

Profile pic checks out

This is incredible. Love these people!

Seems conceptually a no brainer, but over a 90 percent success rate with such a simple design is bonkers. Seeing as movement is created I wonder if there's a place in the renewable energies for something like this.

@limoncenzo

10 ай бұрын

Don't think this generates a lot of energy, the drilling happens over hours and it would be hard to control moisture

@theendoftheline

10 ай бұрын

there are lots of things that move on their own... by pulling in and using energy, not producing it. In other words, pulling in outside energy and using it to store up energy is not a new concept, its how coal plants produce energy inside (with a turbine that spins the generator) its how a hydro electric dam works (with a turbine that spins the generator) its how a nuclear power plant works (with a turbine that spins the generator). So just to be clear, this small little application is mostly novel because it can use the energy around it without a complex system, it is NOT novel in its efficient use of this energy so you would not want to make a power generator from this type of process.

@Leberteich

10 ай бұрын

I think the drilling videos are played back at much accelerated speed compared to real life. They should have said that, otherwise great idea and great presentation.

@commoncentsamerican

10 ай бұрын

2:38 These people insert CHEMICALS into simple things that can be done without chemicals. Humanity needs to move away from the CHEMICALS and you would be better off planting by machine or hand honestly. We do not need to spread this unknown chemical into the ground. We don't need your chemicals in seeds. We dont need your chemicals in our trees and plants. You missed the entire idea and approach when you began putting CHEMICALS into your idea. If your idea will not work without the chemicals then you failed.

@commoncentsamerican

10 ай бұрын

BTW i get 80% cloning success rates and I use nothing but WATER. So putting chemicals all over the Planet is not a good idea. In fact they have brainwashed you to be happy about it and tell them they are doing a good job. You are not even contemplating the bad sides of all these chemical warfare.

i think it might be helpful to take into account the native mycelium to wherever it’s being planted!

Love your videos

Very cool idea, using different wood layers and it's interaction with water to create a seed planting robot. Fantastic.

Best KZread video I’ve seen in a loooong time - thanks

Thank you for that, inspiring to see human intelligence being put to good use.

@user-ov4wr5yu4r

10 ай бұрын

Yeah. For a change! Not that it was put to bad use. More like on holiday for 200 years.

@BILLIONAIRE07860

10 ай бұрын

Where is your intelligence??😂😂 Common man just dig a hole 🕳️ and put a seed.we got more advance farming mechanism. Why is this shit

@commoncentsamerican

10 ай бұрын

2:38 These people insert CHEMICALS into simple things that can be done without chemicals. Humanity needs to move away from the CHEMICALS and you would be better off planting by machine or hand honestly. We do not need to spread this unknown chemical into the ground. We don't need your chemicals in seeds. We dont need your chemicals in our trees and plants. You missed the entire idea and approach when you began putting CHEMICALS into your idea. If your idea will not work without the chemicals then you failed.

@moos5221

10 ай бұрын

You mean, to aquire funding for a project that fixes a problem that doesn't exist? Yeah, human intelligence is only focussed on money. Tree seeds don't need to be burried in the ground, hence why trees don't do that in nature and it has been working great for millions of years...

How is it better compared to dropping the seeds in a ball of soil, like they have been doing for quite a while

@luisostasuc8135

4 ай бұрын

Well, these could get to areas far from people, and people wouldn't have to spend the time, gas, weight, taking soil from elsewhere if they're put together beforehand, among other things

@marcosdheleno

3 ай бұрын

@@luisostasuc8135 except, it isnt, because you still need a drone to drop it. which you can still do with a ball of soil. this is an answer for a question that doesnt exist. and feels more like a "can we do it" as opposed to "do we need it".

Amazing. Definitely going to subscribe. Thank you so much for a video that actually adds value.

@lauralee6628

9 ай бұрын

Wake UP = Cost of Seed + Cost of Devise + Cost of Planting + Cost of Establishing + so much more = THIS IS A STUPID DUD Concept that TRICKS People with No Practical Life Skills + Experience in to believing it is viable plan to reforest the planet - that if achieved would cause mass starvation of billions of people.

This video is how to solve a nonexistent problem...

As interesting as it is, I don't really see how manufacturing them, mounting/prepping the seed onto them and then planting them, is more advantageous than simply planting the seeds themselves with some fertilizer.

@RosesAndIvy

10 ай бұрын

That’s much more labor intensive. These can be dropped from drones or even planes in large quantities

@SMTRodent

10 ай бұрын

It's the difference between getting 7.5kg of seeds up a hillside with a drone in less than an hour, or getting 80kg of human-plus-seeds up there over several hours or even days. If the soil is eroding, climbing up there might even be dangerous, and you need the plants to grow to stabilise the soil.

@alexandruv.3390

10 ай бұрын

@@RosesAndIvy You do realize we use machines for seeding, we drive a combine/tractor that automatically seeds as it passes. It's not like every seed is manually planted to be more labor intensive.

@alexandruv.3390

10 ай бұрын

@SMTRodent Admittedly, I don't know much about illegal tree cutting, but I am pretty sure the areas where trees are cut and where the seeding is most needed can be accessed by large vehicles (used for tree cutting/carrying). Not some hypothetically inaccesible hill. Therefore, if the place was accessible for the truck who carried the cut down trees, a similar combine/tractor who towes an automatic seeder can also get there. The problem with reforestation isn't inaccessibility to the land. We just don't do it enough to compensate for the illegal deforestation.

@kiranreilly4916

10 ай бұрын

@@alexandruv.3390 Agriculture is not forestry and your ignorance is showing. Tractors are made to pull loads over relatively flat and clear terrain (Farmland, cleared construction sites) You won't ever get a tractor-drawn seed drill up an undeveloped mountainside just so you can plant a few trees. That would be wasteful and risky both to the tractor and its occupant.

Really, I never knew that about pine cones!

Great stuff!!

awesome , amazing work !!

This is cool but I'm a bit confused about what the point is? Like, aren't seed able to grow into trees by themselves to begin with? Maybe with a lower success rate but it's not exactly like seed quantity is a problem. Like, wouldn't simply throwing a ton of seed achieve pretty much the same result?

@Primalmoon

10 ай бұрын

Came here for the same question. They also show a drone dropping them, but it makes it look like the drills take up a lot more space so it seems like you'd be able to spread a lot more bare seeds with a drone than these drills.

@mediocreman2

9 ай бұрын

Yes they are but this puts the seed below ground which increases the chances of success hugely. If you've ever planted a garden you would know that you can't put the seeds on top of the soil and expect much success.

@Laezar1

9 ай бұрын

@@mediocreman2 Hence my point about seed quantity not being an issue. Like, we don't have a tree seed shortage that would make efficiency the main concern, I'm not saying this has no value, but more like, realistically the solution to deforestation isn't efficient seed planting it's to... y'know... stop deforesting.

@TheRestedOne

3 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@Laezar1Seed quantity is not an issue if you don’t care about costs. It’s a slower and riskier process than seedlings and requires about 5x as much planting per acre than seedlings. Seeds per acre is dependent on the species, stand density, desired habitat, and future yield and is typically between 2000 and 4000 seeds/acre. You can raise the rate of success with additional steps by securing local condition-adapted seed, intensive site preparation, and the manpower to get it done at the right time with the right technique. All these extra steps cost a lot of money, and forestry is already a marginally profitable industry, typically $1 per $10 dollars invested. There’s not much money left over to screw around with a bad planting. Deforestation is a necessary step in the process. You want renewable, organic goods? There’s a tree. Not only that, but trees don’t grow infinitely, they can’t store more carbon than what fits inside them. There’s a peak time to harvest to maximize the timber produced and carbon sequestered.

So.. we’re chopping down trees to make seed planters to save the world. Makes absolute sense

@feynstein1004

10 ай бұрын

Damn 😅

@nothdmoon

10 ай бұрын

It's like that 1 million matchsticks quote, except replace "matchstick" with "seed-planting wooden robot".

@DS-ub1jm

10 ай бұрын

I’m mean no. They’re not cutting trees down solely for this project. They’re buying lumber that’s already processed just like countless other industries. The difference is they’re using the lumber to try and improve reforestation , and companies like IKEA and Walmart mass produce cheap furniture that uses wood composite and either breaks or is thrown out in under 10yrs which then turns into trash instead of a tree or plant.

@klubcj

10 ай бұрын

One tree doesn’t equal to one Seed, one tree can plants 🌱 thousands of new trees

@Primalmoon

10 ай бұрын

​@@klubcj One tree could plant thousands of seeds this way... And if they survive they can be new trees, but that's not guaranteed and it will still take decades before they have a real impact on anything, and in the meantime we're down one big tree. Whereas we can already plant seeds without needing to cut down any trees...

truly inspiring!

This is groundbreaking work

How do different soil types effect the “seed rate”? I can’t imagine it would work on a clay based soil in the middle of summer during a drought.

@DreadX10

10 ай бұрын

Not seeding during those conditions would be common sense. Maybe the drilling motion will coat the seed enough for it to take hold (when the clay is wet) and germinate.

@jeffwei

10 ай бұрын

Affect

@lauralee6628

9 ай бұрын

Wake UP = Cost of Seed + Cost of Devise + Cost of Planting + Cost of Establishing + so much more = THIS IS A STUPID DUD Concept that TRICKS People with No Practical Life Skills + Experience in to believing it is viable plan to reforest the planet - that if achieved would cause mass starvation of billions of people.

Old 4 point caltrops were designed to always present a barb to the sky for opponents to step on. This is very similar in concept, except with the intent to drill downward. Genius peaceful application! In fact, the only peaceful application of a caltrop design that I can think of. Love it.

The plant is also called filaree or "clocks" or storksbill. It's interesting to watch one of the seeds in action.

This is an insane idea. Science is amazing

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This is a prime example of looking for solutions to problems that don't exist. We don't have a problem with planting seeds in the ground, farmers across the globe have been doing it sucessfully for thousands of years.

@googlesucks925

9 ай бұрын

Yes but they want to get rid of them.

@VoltaireVI

9 ай бұрын

I guess it's cheaper to reforest, espacially in remote parts of the earth, with the help of machinery.

@lauralee6628

9 ай бұрын

Wake UP = Cost of Seed + Cost of Devise + Cost of Planting + Cost of Establishing + so much more = THIS IS A STUPID DUD Concept that TRICKS People with No Practical Life Skills + Experience in to believing it is viable plan to reforest the planet - that if achieved would cause mass starvation of billions of people.

Brilliant research. 🤗

This is an amazing example of a control system.

I can imagine this being used in some distant future to help terraform a planet.

@Alexander99602

10 ай бұрын

how about fixing our nature first with it? might as well try it in our backyard first.

@KayEnFX

10 ай бұрын

@@Alexander99602 "distant future"

@ravingcuriosity6345

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, I literally just commented that on another trend of this video. I find the idea amazing!

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

if you reforest the entire planet you will cause mass starvation - try planting a tree plantation first - then determine management required - you actually need ground covers to protect seedlings = this is an absolute fizzer - may have some application but not for what you think

@enoumoh2039

10 ай бұрын

​@@lauralee6628I don't think you can reforestation the entire planet. Places will always have terrain terrible for plant life and deserts still remain.

Funny how the planet is perfectly fine without mans intervention

@jasonthomas6684

18 күн бұрын

That's the problem...it won't be perfectly fine giving enough time as we are chopping down millions of trees each year. Maybe that's why this is being developed?

@ericwieboldt7042

18 күн бұрын

@@jasonthomas6684 cutting down trees to plant trees. Makes sense😉

Ppl at the edge of their field discovering new knowledge and changing the world are damn awesome.

Who knows if it's really possible to make the whole planet lush and green, but it's something better to put effort into than wars!

@Khanfuzed1

10 ай бұрын

Keep pumping c02 in atmosphere and it’ll happen on it’s own

@Alex53Ace

10 ай бұрын

Not the whole planet, that's a horrible idea, there's lots of ecosystems that don't have much vegetation. Let's remember that invasive species are a thing and could extinguish local species of plants and animals if you mindlessly put vegetation where it doesn't belongs

@lauralee6628

9 ай бұрын

Wake UP = Cost of Seed + Cost of Devise + Cost of Planting + Cost of Establishing + so much more = THIS IS A STUPID DUD Concept that TRICKS People with No Practical Life Skills + Experience in to believing it is viable plan to reforest the planet - that if achieved would cause mass starvation of billions of people.

Unpopular Opinion , it would be faster and more beneficial to plant seeds by hand , instead of spending countless wasted hours to create something that is not really needed .

Wow, what a wonderful thing to have been told about. I am hopeful that this will be used on a lage scale.

We have one species of Erodium here in Portugal, as a kid we used to call the seeds "relógios" or watches, since the seeds turned with the sun heat

Congratulations humanity! After 10,000 years of continuous technological progress you've finally learned how to plant a seed!

What about the cost? One thing you rarely hear about in videos like this. Nothing is going to change the world unless the cost at scale can be drastically low.

@purplegoopguy

10 ай бұрын

materials are cheap in all liklihood, and manufacturing is likely inexpensive once it's streamlined, likely possible to make a batch of a specific seed for under a dollar a pod I'd think. Regardless, it's looking like our first viable mass planting terraforming tool is in the works.

@SeraphsWitness

10 ай бұрын

@@purplegoopguy Maybe. If cost was that effective I'd expect that to be highlighted in the video. When you hear about new technologies that are going to "change everything", generally you're looking at decades before the cost is reasonable.

@purplegoopguy

10 ай бұрын

@@SeraphsWitness Fair point. It seems feasible to me, but only time will tell. I hope it can 'change everything' but you've made me reconsider. Still optimistic, but less hand wavy about the economics.

@SeraphsWitness

10 ай бұрын

@@purplegoopguy You may be right. I'm just voicing a concern.

Thanks for sharing

yes! fascinating and interesting! thank you for sharing

The world forested itself without any robots..

@kiranreilly4916

10 ай бұрын

Wouldn't plants be considered robots or robotic if a piece of wood qualifies?

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

if you reforest the entire planet you will cause mass starvation - try planting a tree plantation first - then determine management required - you actually need ground covers to protect seedlings = this is an absolute fizzer - may have some application but not for what you think

Is this cheaply scalable in production?

HOW COULD NATURE BE WITHOUT YOU FOR A BILLION YEARS ?

Wow this deserves a Nobel prise! Thanks for showing us this incredible invention!

This is cool and all and the science in impressive... but seems making just one of these things could be a lot more costly than simply planting or even scattering a few seeds the 'old fashioned' way.

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

if you reforest the entire planet you will cause mass starvation - try planting a tree plantation first - then determine management required - you actually need ground covers to protect seedlings = this is an absolute fizzer - may have some application but not for what you think

@themonsterunderyourbed9408

10 ай бұрын

Yup. Just more idiotic liberal scientists coming up with solutions to problems that don't exist.

Wow, its amazing how forests never thought about using seeds before...

@d112cons

9 ай бұрын

Gotta tell you... I'm surprised more people aren't seeing this. Everything about this is just screaming "How did these (already existing plants) ever survive without our outstanding human intervention!?!" There's pure idiocy in thinking we're improving on nature, and then patting ourselves on the back. We don't need to improve on nature, we just need to stay TF out of the way!

@iseriver3982

9 ай бұрын

@@d112cons 'just need to stay tf out of the way' so happy to see someone else saying that.

That is very cool and ingenious!

Will they speed up growing as well? Seedind is not an issue, time that takes tree to grow is.

poke a hole in the ground with your finger, put seed in it,cover it, done. am i missing something?

@dousiastailfeather9454

8 ай бұрын

No research gold in your finger!

@KateeAngel

8 ай бұрын

or just throw seeds over the area you want, even from a helicopter. Not all will grow, but you just need more seeds. That is not a problem. Just throw a bunch of seeds down, and the job is done, why someone things you need to specifically plant them is beyond me. In my city the maple tree seed plant themselves in large numbers every year. They just fall wherever, and grow, until they are cut by people if they are growing in improper places. And that happens in the city!

you see, there are already fully designed robots, that can fly orient them self in the landscape and bury seeds everywhere. They are called jays. Crows also work fine. Just bring a bunch of those birds, to the area you want to reforest give them access to the seeds, and they will do the work. And if you want to plant seeds, that are not in those birds diets, you make seed balls: small balls of clay or fett, that contain the seeds you want to bury and some stuff the birds want and what ever you want to bury together with the seeds.

@oleanderhawthorne510

10 ай бұрын

That would be introducing a non-native and potentially invasive species to an ecosystem. Absolutely not a solution. They'd also just be EATING the seeds, even if they don't eat the ones they are planting.

@kiranreilly4916

10 ай бұрын

This isn't a robot in the sense you envision. There's no integrated electronics. its a piece of fibrous material that reacts to moisture.

@MusikCassette

10 ай бұрын

@@kiranreilly4916 you did not catch what I was saying did you?

@kiranreilly4916

10 ай бұрын

​@@MusikCassette I did and it sounded to me like you didn't understand what the video is about or its implications. Its a piece of wood. You can load millions and millions of these into an airplane and drop them over a wide swath of territory hundreds of miles long/wide. Good luck with your 'bird dispersal' program. Im sure getting birds to cooperate and only spread the seeds you want in the places you want them will work wonders.

@MusikCassette

10 ай бұрын

@@kiranreilly4916 they will (and do) spread the seed I give them pretty much everywhere. And they dont just spread them. the dig a hole and burry them under ground.

From an industry/resource perspective, Forestry management companies in Canada will love this. Cheaper distribution/reforestation system, cuts costs. New technologies and methods absorbed into industry for industry. Should go well when accompanied with cloud seeding to provide ,moisture. Best practices and methods are available for reforestation, just not followed.

@lauralee6628

9 ай бұрын

Wake UP = Cost of Seed + Cost of Devise + Cost of Planting + Cost of Establishing + so much more = THIS IS A STUPID DUD Concept that TRICKS People with No Practical Life Skills + Experience in to believing it is viable plan to reforest the planet - that if achieved would cause mass starvation of billions of people.

Drones are good but they should also test with a crop duster. I used a crop duster to seed an area that was difficult to reach and they were able to cover about 10 acres with one payload with really good spread. Under story plants in a riparian location.

wouldnt putting the seed inside a small ball of fertilized dirt be vastly superior to this? it would protect the seed until it rains.... you could even add peat moss for water retention... i know some people already make these seed/dirt balls for 'guerilla gardening', to spread useful plants

@kiranreilly4916

10 ай бұрын

This is just a piece of wood-like material, realistically there's no reason I can think of you couldn't incorporate both concepts into a single package.

@BronzeOrwin

10 ай бұрын

@@kiranreilly4916 I can... It's easier to mold a dirt ball than to machine and glue a seed onto a piece of wood. also the drill feature would be pointless if you pack any nutrients with the seed, it wouldn't be able to drill if you added a significant amount...

@kiranreilly4916

10 ай бұрын

@@BronzeOrwin It might be easier to mold dirt but dirt is heavy, these wooden 'robots' can be loaded by the millions and millions into planes and dropped over a wide radius. Clotted dirt balls work fine enough on the small scale and local level but these stakes are much easier to scale up

@BronzeOrwin

10 ай бұрын

​@@kiranreilly4916 just add a single blade helicopter mechanism instead, much simpler, and you can actually add nutrients for the seed, unlike the digging one, which can't even dig if you add anything for the seed. alternatively, if you have a little clay to the dirt mix, they may not even break on impact with soft ground.... would be worth testing

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

if you reforest the entire planet you will cause mass starvation - try planting a tree plantation first - then determine management required - you actually need ground covers to protect seedlings = this is an absolute fizzer - may have some application but not for what you think

I love physics 😍

this seems very energy intensive for the number of seeds dispersed

Perhaps this could be useful for future terraforming

Nature doesn't need your help.

@fod2011

8 ай бұрын

Nature needs us to be less of a hindrance

@dousiastailfeather9454

8 ай бұрын

​@@fod2011maybe. We are trying!

The real problem with solutions like this is that it basically ignores how long it takes to develop soil etc. This is only one step in a process that will take centuries of work to properly fix.

@LeadingNPC

10 ай бұрын

Very good comment.

@Mitchell_is_smart._You2bs_dumb

10 ай бұрын

you are so right. it's a big project, why even try? you're so much smarter than everyone else, thaaaaaaanks guy

@Boog_53

9 ай бұрын

@@Mitchell_is_smart._You2bs_dumb being aware that it's multigenerational is KEY to properly solving the issue. Quick reactive approaches are myopic and missing the important larger issue. We're stuck with this for a VERY long time

@Mitchell_is_smart._You2bs_dumb

9 ай бұрын

@@Boog_53 what are you even trying to convince yourself of right now? that this generation should not develop or consider this technology because you don't know how long they spent on R&D? how long would they have had to take, in order to satisfy your arbitrary time limit? do you want to say it's not about an arbitrary development time that you made up? ok then I guess what you mean is that since it takes so long to deal with, this entire generation should sit it out and do nothing to help except whine and complain? no, it's not about satisfying your arbitrary research time quota, and it's not about sitting around being lazy and procrastinating. so, you must be complaining that nobody has figured out _"the important larger issue"_ that we are going to be stuck _"for a _*_very_*_ long time."_ so, why don't you go ahead and tell us this major issue and the reason why this idea clashes with it, as well as your obviously superior?⁶

We need self eating food next.

I love this . Gotta share

It's weird to call non Metallic organic based device with minimal to no control over it a robot 😂

but is this practical or viable in some way or xd

I don't think it's adequately explained how this device solves one problem rather than creating another. Who's going to manually attach the seeds?

this takes the word groundbreaking to a whole another level.

Something good to come out of robots, we need more helpful inventions like this!!!

@kiranreilly4916

10 ай бұрын

I dont think its actually a robot, just a piece of material that responds to the environment.

@muscleman125

10 ай бұрын

You say this as you use a robot to complain about robots. When you drive your car next time, think about the robot that makes your radio work. There is also the robots in factories that produce your food and clothes. Pretty much all "robots" are useful.

@lauralee6628

10 ай бұрын

if you reforest the entire planet you will cause mass starvation - try planting a tree plantation first - then determine management required - you actually need ground covers to protect seedlings = this is an absolute fizzer - may have some application but not for what you think

@oneloverevolutionary

10 ай бұрын

@@muscleman125 I wasn't downplaying all the modern imventions, I was more thinking of current Ai trying to take things over, there's robots that save people's lives in the operating room everyday day, it wasn't an actual blanket comment across all robotics....people like u make me not want to comment on anything

it's so funny how engineers think that trees need their wacky shit to reproduce

Killing woods to plant more woods. Yeah. Genius.

My only concern is the use of Oak wood. Growing an oak tree can be a difficult task. It requires ample time and patience, as oaks can take up to several decades to reach their full maturity. The soil and climate conditions must also be suitable for the tree, as oaks can be sensitive to their environment. Additionally, there are certain pests and diseases that can threaten the health of the tree. How do they manage to use oak trees environmentally friendly?

@lauralee6628

9 ай бұрын

Wake UP = Cost of Seed + Cost of Devise + Cost of Planting + Cost of Establishing + so much more = THIS IS A STUPID DUD Concept that TRICKS People with No Practical Life Skills + Experience in to believing it is viable plan to reforest the planet - that if achieved would cause mass starvation of billions of people.

I work in forestry. Over time, perhaps due to societal changes and individualistic tendencies correlating with technological improvements and ease of life (in the West, at least), we are starting to have less and less people willing to do PROPER work in forests. I'm not talking about volunteer work, as those are more miss and hit and tend to actually be more destructive long term (which is what the forest is all about). Just people not understanding what it means in reality, just closeted in their fantasies about how magic the forest is. Which is furthest from the truth, everything is brutal, but I guess fairytales and eco propaganda sell better than a pickaxe in winter time. Anyway, all that to say, if this tech really works... if this is not bullshit, it could help a shitton on so many things. But... how true is that really? This is just a fancier and more expensive way of doing what we used to do way before the now. Where we would throw seeds and just let them grow as animals walk on them. It's a technique that's still being used, and that still works. Will it really be worth the cost and additional time? Noting as well, most plantations are done with saplings that have already grown a little in a controlled environment. If this could eliminate the need for this, why not. But here, looking just at this one video, it looks more like a fancy techbro fantasy that doesn't correspond with the realities of what it is trying to accomplish within the systems it exists in. Especially short term stuff, one thing those guys seem to never take into account. But that's not just their fault, seemingly everyone who doesn't deal on the regular with very long term consequences do not understand their effects. Maybe techbros should start to think about what the world is like, instead of making things for a world that doesn't exist.

Love this! ❤

Thanks for getting to the point. Your colleagues would’ve easily stretched this out to a 20 minute video. New sub.

This is the future of jokes. Basically in this vide, you are cutting present huge grown trees to get materials for future plantation experiments. BTW, I am a Mechanical Engineer.

Has no one see those movies when plants take over and kill people - I’d sooner bring back the Dinos

@ronaldjanert7456

10 ай бұрын

That’s a long stretch between this and Day of the Triffids, LOL. Personally, Climate Change will destroy us LONG before we can evolve a perambulating, sentient, predatory plant, hahaha…

@TitularHeroine

10 ай бұрын

​@@ronaldjanert7456I dunno, I've been called that. Except in rougher, less friendly language 😂 jk😉

This is so amazing

I love this idea it's amazing! What a great example of using science for good purposes!

@moos5221

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, I wonder how forests were able to exists for millions of years without humans. Glad we finally found a really really complicated way to make tree seeds grow trees, throwing them on the ground like nature does is just way too boring, even though it's been working like that for as long as plants exist...but hey...now this company can ask for funding, because they created a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

In our capitalistic system, if profit can't be made from it, it won't be scaled up. You see cool solutions like this all the time, but it's just one group of researchers. No one will financially back them to make this a large-scale thing. That's what gets me down.

I wish billionaires invested more in this kind of science than exploding in a mini sub.

@TitularHeroine

10 ай бұрын

Or blowing the hell out of a private rocket ship while it's still on the ground.