Farm Bot is a set of utilities for a raspberry-pi robotics platform.
To use farmbot, you will need a robot, a raspberry pi with 8 GB RAM (4B or 5), and some free time.
- 8GB raspberry pi5
- SD Card: 64 GB Micro SDXC
- SSD: 1 TB SATA SSD
- Battery: 640 Wh LeFePO4
- Robotic Arm (3' extension)
- 400 watt electric motor
- Battery Life: 90 minutes
You can order the parts for a Farm Bot separately, or simply order one from Phext, Inc. here: https://phext.io/products.html
Farm Bot is designed to assist harvesters with keeping track of which plants are ready to harvest.
Revision 1 targets strawberry plants exclusively. We plan to offer more plants in the future.
- 300,000 plants per acre
- low-power managers - hourly patrols to monitor berry readiness
- high-power pickers