Automating Vertical Farming with Robots
An early project exploring how robots can take on the repetitive work inside vertical farms. Still quiet, still building.
Our Vision.
Vertical farms spend most of what they earn on electricity, labour and equipment. Those costs run every day, whatever the harvest, and labour is the one a robot can realistically take on. What interests us is not a new farm built around machines, but robots that work inside the farms that already exist.
The Problem
Running costs decide whether a vertical farm survives. Labour is the part a robot can take on.
The Idea
One mobile base that drives the aisles, with tools that change for harvesting, moving and monitoring.
Where It Leads
Every pass records what happened to each tray, so planning the next crop cycle gets better.
In Simulation.
Automated harvesting and stacking tools, running in a simulated vertical farm.
Harvesting Tool
Stacking Tool