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  • March 28, 2025 Software Update
    March 28, 2025

    March 28, 2025 Software Update

    Today we’ve got an exciting update for you. Let’s dive in! 3D farm designer beta Originally inspired by video games such as Farmville, the FarmBot farm designer has always been at the core of our user experience, providing a virtual...

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  • January 31, 2025 Software Update
    January 31, 2025

    January 31, 2025 Software Update

    Yesterday we released a new version of the FarmBot web app. Here’s what’s new: New crop search The FarmBot web app no longer uses OpenFarm to power it’s crop search. While OpenFarm has served us well since the early days of FarmBot,...

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  • December 23, 2024 Software and Hardware Update
    December 23, 2024

    December 23, 2024 Software and Hardware Update

    You may have noticed by now that last week we released a new version of the FarmBot web app with the following improvements: Dark mode You can now set the app to display with a dark theme using the DARK MODE toggle...

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  • October 21, 2024 Update
    October 21, 2024

    October 21, 2024 Update

    Happy Fall 🍂 We haven’t posted an update in a few months which means we have a lot to share! Today we’re announcing a great new software library for you to make custom FarmBot integrations with, as well as a handful of...

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  • May 9, 2024 Software Update
    May 9, 2024

    May 9, 2024 Software Update

    Today we released a new version of FarmBot OS. Here’s what’s new: utc() and local_time() Lua helpers We’ve added two new Lua helpers to make it easier to get the current time (or a component of it) in both UTC...

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  • April 9, 2024 Software and Documentation Update
    April 9, 2024

    April 9, 2024 Software and Documentation Update

    Today we deployed a new version of the web app. Here’s what’s new: Updated default settings Changed the default MOTOR CURRENT to 90% for the X-axis for all Genesis bots to reduce the potential of stepper driver overheat protection kicking in during...

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  • What you can grow with FarmBot
    March 27, 2024

    What you can grow with FarmBot

    So what can you grow with these machines anyways? FarmBot is best suited to growing a polycrop of many common garden veggies at the same time. Think: carrots, onions, leafy greens, fresh herbs, squash, tomatoes, peppers, and more. But you're not limited...

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  • A preview of what's to come
    March 14, 2024

    A preview of what's to come

    Earlier this year we began building out a new, fully 3D farm designer, offering a more beautiful, intuitive, and immersive way of viewing and interacting with your FarmBot from anywhere. We are still in the prototyping phase of implementing this new...

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