It's getting better all the time

FarmBot Genesis is always being improved and has undergone many iterations. We encourage skimming through the older versions to understand how we arrived at the latest design.

V1.0

Major changes: track plate improvements, new seed injector design, larger z cable carrier, new motor housings and z motor mount, larger cross-slide and gantry plates with more v-wheels, new tool bay, new seed bin, stronger cable carrier supports, introduced cable management clips, introduced belt clip plates, significant modifications to the UTM and UTM cover, switched to button head M5 screws.

V0.9

Major changes: larger plates, more v-wheels, larger gantry extrusions for added rigidity, introduced the weed suppressor tool

V0.8

Major changes: all corrosion resistant design; upgrade to 5mm thick plates; improvements to the UTM, cable carrier brackets, and electronics enclosure

V0.7

Major changes: removal of endstops, stronger z-axis motor mount, added z-axis cable carrier, track plates and gantry corner plates redesign, upgraded universal tool mount to support 6 liquid lines and 12 electrical connections, quick access electronics enclosure, larger cable carriers

V0.6

Major changes: reliability improvements to the universal tool mount

V0.5

Major changes: rotary encoders on motors, integrated water, vacuum, and liquid amendments into universal tool mount, part simplification

V0.4

Major changes: electronics enclosures/housings, cable carrier cable management, magnetic universal tool mount design

V0.3

Major changes: wire and trolley cable management, part simplification

V0.2

Major changes: endstop integration, custom brackets and plates, universal tool mount

V0.1

Focused on being a quick and easy first prototype, V0.1 was constructed from all off-the-shelf components

What’s next?