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...
Its been a while since we last published an update to the FarmBot Genesis hardware design and the corresponding documentation for it. That's because we've been swamped with our launch campaign, growing our team, and doing other business-ey stuff. But...
In July of 2016 we made FarmBot Genesis kits available for pre-order during a month-long self-hosted crowdfunding campaign. Over the 31 days we accepted nearly 300 FarmBot pre-orders totaling $813,235 in revenue. All in all, we felt the launch campaign...
Big thank you to Kirsten Dirksen from Fair Companies for making this documentary-style video about FarmBot! This is the most inside view into our operation yet. Watch below:
FarmBot supporters, our July launch campaign wrapped up just about two weeks ago. In the end, we received a total of $813,235 worth of pre-orders, over eight times our original goal of $100,000! Thank you!! Come February, these first generation FarmBot kits will be heading...
