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Mission: Produce free and open-source hardware plans, software, data, and documentation such that anyone can build and operate a farming machine. | Mission: Produce free and open-source hardware plans, software, data, and documentation such that anyone can build and operate a farming machine. | ||
=Interview= | |||
Open Electronics interview of Rory Aronson, the creator of the project: | |||
'''[Open Electronics] Hey Rory, could you tell more about you and the story before FarmBot? How did you actually arrive to design this project?''' | |||
[Rory Aronson] I have always been interested in many fields, from transportation, to food production, to sustainable energies, to mobile technologies. So in 2010, while studying Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, I decided to take an organic agriculture class to fuel my interest in the food system. A guest speaker shared with our class about his new tractor, one that could selectively till the ground, destroying all of the weeds but not harming his lettuce plants. Upon seeing that idea, a spark went off in my head for a system that was better, and that was the humble beginnings of FarmBot. | |||
Over my remaining two years in school, the project just sort of sat in the back of my head, waiting for me to find the time to put a good foot forward. I sketched every now and then, built a basic prototype for show purposes, and completed some research, but nothing too extraordinary. | |||
Now, I am graduated and have found the time and motivation to move forward with the project. Things are beginning to move quickly, and it is exciting! | |||
'''[Open Electronics] Currently, is it only you behind this project or is there a team behind it? How did you fund working on design and prototyping?''' | |||
[Rory Aronson] For a long time it was only me working on the project. I had attempted to get other students interested, but they were mostly turned away by the sheer scale of the project, the uncertainty, and the time commitment. It wasn’t until just a month ago after publishing the FarmBot white paper that others started to jump onboard the team. Now there are about four people on the team, but we are always looking for more, especially programmers. | |||
'''[Open Electronics] How would you describe FarmBot in a tweet (or in general in few words, for the average non-expert person)?''' | |||
[Rory Aronson] FarmBot is an open-source automated farming machine. Picture it as a giant 3D printer outfitted with a seed injector, sprayer, plow, and sensors." | |||
(http://www.open-electronics.org/farmbot-founder-rory-aronson-explains-precision-agriculture/) | |||
=More Information= | |||
[[Precision Agriculture]] | |||
Products FarmBot Genesis | Products FarmBot Genesis | ||
Revision as of 17:41, 29 October 2013
= "FarmBot is humanity's open-source automated farming machine. Our vision is to grow food for everyone and allow everyone to grow food".
URL = http://go.FarmBot.it/
Description
Mission: Produce free and open-source hardware plans, software, data, and documentation such that anyone can build and operate a farming machine.
Interview
Open Electronics interview of Rory Aronson, the creator of the project:
[Open Electronics] Hey Rory, could you tell more about you and the story before FarmBot? How did you actually arrive to design this project?
[Rory Aronson] I have always been interested in many fields, from transportation, to food production, to sustainable energies, to mobile technologies. So in 2010, while studying Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, I decided to take an organic agriculture class to fuel my interest in the food system. A guest speaker shared with our class about his new tractor, one that could selectively till the ground, destroying all of the weeds but not harming his lettuce plants. Upon seeing that idea, a spark went off in my head for a system that was better, and that was the humble beginnings of FarmBot.
Over my remaining two years in school, the project just sort of sat in the back of my head, waiting for me to find the time to put a good foot forward. I sketched every now and then, built a basic prototype for show purposes, and completed some research, but nothing too extraordinary.
Now, I am graduated and have found the time and motivation to move forward with the project. Things are beginning to move quickly, and it is exciting!
[Open Electronics] Currently, is it only you behind this project or is there a team behind it? How did you fund working on design and prototyping?
[Rory Aronson] For a long time it was only me working on the project. I had attempted to get other students interested, but they were mostly turned away by the sheer scale of the project, the uncertainty, and the time commitment. It wasn’t until just a month ago after publishing the FarmBot white paper that others started to jump onboard the team. Now there are about four people on the team, but we are always looking for more, especially programmers.
[Open Electronics] How would you describe FarmBot in a tweet (or in general in few words, for the average non-expert person)?
[Rory Aronson] FarmBot is an open-source automated farming machine. Picture it as a giant 3D printer outfitted with a seed injector, sprayer, plow, and sensors." (http://www.open-electronics.org/farmbot-founder-rory-aronson-explains-precision-agriculture/)
More Information
Products FarmBot Genesis
Contact Info Email rory@farmbot.it