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[–] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 69 points 1 week ago (3 children)

now all we need are solar panels to clean the solar panel-cleaning solar panels

[–] ThisSeriesIsFalse@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just give it a little squeegee on a robot arm to run down its panel every so often

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

with a solar panel to power it of course

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But who will clean that solar panel?

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago

a smaller cleaning robot obviously, powered by a smaller solar panel

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Just tinier and tinier solar squeegy bots forever.

[–] astrsk@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems like it could power its own, keeping it a closed loop.

[–] lightsblinken@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

next iteration of panels will use a Möbius loop!