In 2014, Rory Aronson launched FarmBot, a scalable, precision farming machine, built on open-source principles. It wasn’t long before they were noticed by NASA engineers:
“The Kennedy Space center actually got one of our very first units so they have it in one of their labs and what they’re looking at is how can this type of technology be combined with a smart greenhouse and other environmental control systems to be able to grow food in space, on the moon, Mars and who knows where else NASA wants to go.”
A few years later, NASA engineers invited Aronson and his core FarmBot team to the Kennedy Space Center to brainstorm innovative open-source approaches to food production. The FarmBot Genesis v1.2 continues to inspire NASA scientists as they design the systems that will ultimately grow food off-world.
In 2014, Rory Aronson launched FarmBot, a scalable, precision farming machine, built on open-source principles. It wasn’t long before they were noticed by NASA engineers:
“The Kennedy Space center actually got one of our very first units so they have it in one of their labs and what they’re looking at is how can this type of technology be combined with a smart greenhouse and other environmental control systems to be able to grow food in space, on the moon, Mars and who knows where else NASA wants to go.”
A few years later, NASA engineers invited Aronson and his core FarmBot team to the Kennedy Space Center to brainstorm innovative open-source approaches to food production. The FarmBot Genesis v1.2 continues to inspire NASA scientists as they design the systems that will ultimately grow food off-world.