Open Source Farming Robot

#1

Post by antoinec » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 7:34 AM UTC

Open Source Farming Robot
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Re: Open Source Farming Robot

#2

Post by donw » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 9:33 AM UTC

It’s not very “open source” when your datasets aren’t available for download (unless that has changed?)

Re: Open Source Farming Robot

#3

Post by codingdave » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 9:52 AM UTC

I wish I could like this idea, but their price is pretty steep for how small of an area they cover. Their ROI page is all about the cost of growing your own veggies vs. store-bought, but that misses the mark(et). Bots like this do not compete with stores, they compete with your own manual labor to DIY. And the labor to grow some veggies (especially in a raised garden box) is not that painful.

They would be better served focusing on this as an accessibility device, allowing people to garden who do not have the physical capability to otherwise do so.

Re: Open Source Farming Robot

#4

Post by bobiny » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 9:53 AM UTC

I think humans moving further from soil is unhealthy in the long run, but this looks fun, like a reverse farming simulator.

Re: Open Source Farming Robot

#5

Post by junon » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 9:57 AM UTC

bobiny wrote: post #4

I think humans moving further from soil is unhealthy in the long run, but this looks fun, like a reverse farming simulator.

Why?

Re: Open Source Farming Robot

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Post by d--b » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 10:05 AM UTC

bobiny wrote: post #4

I think humans moving further from soil is unhealthy in the long run, but this looks fun, like a reverse farming simulator.

Growing your own veggies requires an awful lot of time, so barely anybody does it.

If this robot allows people with little time to grow vegetables in their backyard, you can argue that they will move closer to soil rather than further...

Re: Open Source Farming Robot

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Post by swiley » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 10:23 AM UTC

That's interesting, it's a large CNC machine and not a mobile robot. That makes sense.

Re: Open Source Farming Robot

#8

Post by bobiny » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 10:34 AM UTC

d--b wrote: post #6

bobiny wrote: post #4

I think humans moving further from soil is unhealthy in the long run, but this looks fun, like a reverse farming simulator.

Growing your own veggies requires an awful lot of time, so barely anybody does it. If this robot allows people with little time to grow vegetables in their backyard, you can argue that they will move closer to soil rather than further...

Agree, I haven't thought of that.

Re: Open Source Farming Robot

#9

Post by bobiny » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 10:36 AM UTC

junon wrote: post #5

bobiny wrote: post #4

I think humans moving further from soil is unhealthy in the long run, but this looks fun, like a reverse farming simulator.

Why?

Why unhealthy?

Re: Open Source Farming Robot

#10

Post by taylorfinley » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 10:36 AM UTC

I know cnc and farming, and I really don't see this product surviving. I can't find a shovel that lasts more than a few months on my small farm, I don't know how a big 3d printer is going to cut it in anything like real agricultural conditions. I would love to be wrong though, garden robots would be great, especially if they had lasers for slugs. Actually, forget the rest of the robot, all I really want is a slug laser.