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Really Creative

That is an adorable robot, excellent job.  One thing I like about the LMR crowd is the creativity you see in some of these projects, they aren’t just machines, many are works of art.  Thanks for adding something that stirs the imagination into the soup.

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Thanks!

Kind words sir, LMR is indeed a great community.

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That’s an idea which is

That’s an idea which is really creative. I remember a movie (from the 70’s) where a guy in a big space ship took care of the green houses and a bunch of robots helped him. In the end the guy died and only one? robot continued to care the plants in the space ship.

The (i guess last) remaining robot in the movie was called “Huey” and the movie’s name is “Silent Running”. This movie impressed me a lot. The last scene show was the robot moving between the plants with a little watering can…soooo cute but also sad because no humans surived :frowning:

 

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Outstanding idea

A mobile autonomous terrarium is an awesome idea at multiple levels, and it has been very cleanly executed. Congrats.

Also, I love the overall retro sci-fi look of it. :slight_smile:

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be careful it doesnt go to

be careful it doesnt go to your head… but… OMG that ROCKS.

Is the terrarium connected, or is it just a passenger? Does the bot seek out light, or just optimise?

you could built a temperature and moisture sensor into the terrarium, to allow it to provide optimum conditions for the plants, although undertsanding the biological side of that would be even more complicated than the electronics side of it!

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Great bot Frank! Makes me

Great bot Frank! Makes me want to build a fish bowl bot!

 

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thinking of using an ALF…

…to be the guts for the legged version, Ambulans Mundi.  These guys deserve to be made into little BEAM creatures. Making these little worlds into a swarm hive is also on the horizon.

 

Thanks to my parents, classic sci-fi was a staple for brain food in our house when i was growing up. :-) 

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thanks for the thoughts.

Taking inputs from the plant directly would be fun, and I’ve thought of trying to make something that draws its own moisture in when the plant gets too dry, for tnat we’re going to need a bit more experimentation. :slight_smile:  Fun additions I hope to make soon.

Since the plants I’m using do fine with lots of sunlight, I figured having a rule that it can’t sit in one place or direction too long was all I needed for the proof of concept. Right now, it seeks light, and balances sensor input to have multiple cells charge evenly, and rotates once in a good sunny position.

I think part of why I took to this idea initially is that I didn’t know anything about plants or the fun world of plant hacking that terrarium forums and communities get you into. I was purely thinking of them as little alternate dimensions. Turns out that the science and art od terrsriu s is also really fun, and they mix well with robotics. :-)