About a month ago we wrapped up the final changes to the FarmBot hardware design, reviewed the final sample components, and gave the go-ahead to our partner factories and suppliers to produce 350 FarmBot kits. As of this writing we have...
Now that 2016 has come to a close, we're looking back on what we've accomplished over the last 12 months. In the beginning of the year FarmBot successfully grew over a dozen different vegetable crops. During this time we shot...
Check out this updated FarmBot pre-orders map! Quite a bit more impressive than the first map we made back on July 18, huh? We really are a growing, global community, and we can't wait to see how everyone uses their...
Over the last few months we've been hard at work further refining the FarmBot Genesis hardware design and readying it for mass production. This process has included visiting factories, making part modifications, exploring different manufacturing techniques, and ultimately building some...
Since the last software update in October a lot of exciting things have happened here at FarmBot. First, we've expanded our team again! Welcome aboard Chris, we're excited for you to join us as a frontend web developer! Chris has...
As we gear up to ship out our first hardware kits in February, we thought it would be nice to show everyone what exactly we're working on with the software, what is done, and what we hope to have completed...
For a long time now we've been using the popular MediaWiki software to power the FarmBot wiki. However, with experience we've found that software difficult to use, difficult to maintain, and extremely susceptible to vandalism. Today we're announcing that we've...
We've been hard at work the last few months working on a ton of new features, refactoring old code, and hardening the codebases up and down the stack. Here is a breakdown of what we have accomplished recently: The Web...
When I started the FarmBot project over three years ago, I began designing the FarmBot hardware using the 3D CAD software that I was trained to use: SolidWorks. While SolidWorks is an industry standard tool and a very powerful piece...
