FarmBot.FarmBot
- Farmbot is an open-source, 3D printed robotic farm machine.
- Users plan out a farm digitally, almost like a video game.
- It can be used for small-scale home gardens, education, or larger projects.
FarmBot is a way for people to grow vegetables in almost any backyard, but it's also like a video game. After introducing it's two largest kits ever, FarmBot says it has been used by thousands of children, families, and scientists.
The idea is a high-tech garden or small farm that can monitor just about every aspect of plants while controlling them like a game. A 3D printed robot arm plants vegetables, waters them, monitors soil conditions, and captures images. Meanwhile, the farmer can control all the tools from a web app with a virtual garden that functions a bit like if the farm simulator video game "Stardew Valley" had a real-life companion.
All FarmBot products are also completely open source, with explicit encouragement for buyers to 3D print their own pieces or make any other modifications they can think of.
Here's how it works.