NOORDWIJKERHOUT, Netherlands (AP) — Theo works weekdays, weekends and nights and never complains about a sore spine despite performing hour upon hour of what, for a regular farm hand, would be backbreaking labor checking Dutch tulip fields for sick flowers.
Photos You Should See View All 60 Images“You could also buy a very nice sports car," for the price of the robot, Visser said Tuesday — its makers say the robot costs 185,000 euros ($200,000).
“But I prefer to have the robot because a sports car doesn’t take out the sick tulips from our field.
Yeah, it is expensive, but there are less and less people who can really see the sick tulips,” he added.
Theo van der Voort, who gave his name to the robot at WAM Pennings farm, and who retired after 52 years hunting for sick flowers, is impressed.
Persons:
— Theo, ”, Allan Visser, Visser, ” Visser, Erik de Jong, Theo van der, “
Organizations:
H2L Robotics
Locations:
Netherlands