TU Kaiserslautern
Programming is welcome!
Researchers at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern have put a programmable 'Farmbot' into operation, which interested parties can help program via the Internet. The aim is to create a robot that gardens independently.
In cooperation with the Chair of Software Engineering: Dependability, the Chair of Digital Farming at TU Kaiserslautern is developing economically and biologically efficient software programs that are operated on the Farmbot platform. The two chairs are using the technology to research solutions for the agriculture of tomorrow. This is an open, freely available robot platform. What's new compared to other digital farming technologies is that the software is also openly accessible to everyone. Interested parties can now participate in the development of the autonomous gardener via the Internet - the Open Digitalization Alliance Palatinate (OD Palatinate) invites you to join in the programming.
"Modern digital agriculture is not just about the effective control of harvesting equipment or the sensory monitoring of cultivation areas. We are also conducting application-oriented research into fully digitally controlled work processes," say Prof. Dr. Jörg Dörr (Chair of Digital Farming) and M.Sc. Brian Tewanima Löwe (Chair of Software Engineering: Dependability / OD Pfalz). "The Farmbot is already capable of autonomous gardening on a small scale. Using a frame and rails attached to and above a bed, it sows seeds, waters plants and removes weeds. To do this, it uses algorithms that know the rules and make decisions."
At TU Kaiserslautern, the Farmbot is integrated into teaching in the form of projects, i.e. in the training of prospective computer scientists. At the same time, it serves as a demonstrator for interested members of the public, particularly the IT community: In addition to students at TU Kaiserslautern, external software developers can also read into the software documentation at any time and work with the open source code of the Farmbot, which is available free of charge. The Open Digitization Alliance Palatinate also invites you to access the Farmbot from the web and thus participate in its development.
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