Using Robots to Shift Grain in Silos

Grain bins can be deadly for farmers who need to get inside to shift grain. Three guys had an idea; build robots to do the job instead. The Aurora-based start-up Grain Weevil was born.
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[@MitchellPetersonJr]

Very cool to see tech innovation implemented into farming.

[@johnabriggs6044]

Great Idea and tech innovation for Farmer Safety. Hopefully, it make a great impact on farmer Safety.

[@robdawg7183]

Great job guys!!!

[@johnfederspiel5975]

this screams Nebraska

[@squidge903]

Watched the whole video and yet I still don't know why they need to do this.

[@TroySavary]

Can't fix stupid, I guess. They explained it in the video.

[@clintang84]

It’s for farmers who have poor grain hygiene or put grain into silos with moisture that’s too high and don’t utilise their aeration or insecticide/phosphine efficiently

[@giles-df9yu]

How did you get electric spark free . Otherwise you are driving a bomb..

[@frewon9]

anyone who build robots knows its simple. anti spark connectors and Brushless motor

[@BeardyOfIron]

There are very detailed safety standards for operating robotic equipment in explosive atmospheres, mainly sealing all the bits inside of an air tight box. There's more that goes into it but I don't have the standards in front of me.

[@BeardyOfIron]

@@frewon9 designing for explosive atmosphere operation is a little more complicated then that, especially when it's flammable particles because they can build up on the motors and cause them to over heat, flame out and level half the neighborhood.

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Well, think about how an electric fuel pump works. The trick is to create something that won't spark up. As long as all the connections are solid, the insulation is air tight, and the motors are suited for the environment, that robot is gonna be like a squirrel in a tree knot.