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Building a FarmBot

In this tutorial, you will learn how to build a "gantry" (3 axis) robot that can monitor a hydroponic gardening system.​

​By hydroponically growing plants while implementing a digital twin to predict growth, you will gain skills in both innovative plant science and robotics.

​Funded by USDA-NIFA Farm of the Future Program​

Regional Innovations for Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry (RICSAF)​​

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PI: Song Li, Virginia Tech School of Plant and Environmental Sciences

Project No. 2023-68017-39402​

Duration: 2023 to 2026​

 

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This site serves as a tutorial for replicating I2GROW. The research project's website can be found here: https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/i2grow/home

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