Aimed at Bringing Open-Source Farming to Consumers, Cool Idea! Award Grant Helps FarmBot Maintain Momentum
Production grant empowered company to move beyond crowdfunding stage
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FarmBot is an open-source, small-scale farming machine that gives individuals the power to create a digital garden using a desktop, laptop, tablet or phone. Through their Cool Idea! Award, the product's designers leveraged
FarmBot hopes to capitalize on this trend with a first-of-its-kind, open-source, CNC small-scale farming machine. FarmBot gives individuals the power to create a digital garden using a desktop, laptop, tablet or phone. Home gardeners then build (or buy) the actual hardware and machinery needed to manage the farm automatically, including planting and watering crops.
First launched in June of 2016, FarmBot founder
While looking for a way to speed up production of FarmBot hardware parts
for the company’s second run, Aronson ran across the
“The reaction to FarmBot has been incredible, and we are excited to continue sharing this product with more customers around the world,” said Aronson. “The Cool Idea! Award came at the perfect time for us as we are transitioning from smaller quantities to larger production volumes.”
With the Cool Idea! Award grant,
Demand continues to grow for FarmBot, presenting an opportunity to move past the startup phase and to meet this momentum head-on through larger and more sustainable production runs. “FarmBot’s versatile application for everyone, from individual gardeners to educational institutions, is generating a lot of excitement in the maker community. We’re confident we can meet the growing demand thanks to the award,” said Aronson.
“The Cool Idea! Award enables innovative ideas to come to life
regardless of where a product is in its development lifecycle,” said
To learn more about FarmBot and for an interactive 3D tour, visit https://farmbot.io/
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