![]() ![]() For our sake, we should hope they are using their combined powers for good, because this could pretty easily be turned into the first cannabis-related episode of "Black Mirror." But it's impressive and worth considering when the financial health of a licensed grower could turn on having an option to cut down on or even replace its workforce of human trimmers.īloom has been working on a beta version of a precise automated trimmer. Massachusetts-based Bloom has assembled a team of geniuses in the not-at-all-frightening fields of military robotics, automation and product development. The problem is that machine-trimmed flower often looks like a blind man on meth used a weed whacker to shear a flock of sheep. There already exist trimming machines in the industry that can reduce or eliminate the need for hand-processing by weak, unreliable meatbag humans. Something that doesn't charge (unless it just needs a charge) is a machine. Some trimmers charge by the pound, others by the hour, but like anyone, they charge. ![]() Trimming can be hard on the back, hands and wrists, and it's long hours of repetitive work. Taking a branch and transforming it into a pile of High Times-centerfold-ready buds is an art form, which is why a talented Edward or Eunice Scissorhands can take home $20+ an hour (plus the coveted scissor resin that builds up on their scissors' blades). Thanks to trimmers, the weed that you buy at a dispensary can put its best face forward with confidence and appeal, like any of us do after a great haircut. Trimmers beware the machines are coming. ![]()
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