Hello everyone,
Yes the plan would be to both sell kits of fully tested robots (basically bolts together in an hour or two) as well as publish detailed documentation on how to fabricate them yourself.
Currently the V2 prototype is looking mechanically pretty solid, and the new electronics are working nicely. Once that can drive all day long in the field I will start building more and do long term testing of that design. There will be some design revision as well.
This will establish a production line, and once we have a stable reliable system we can make, we will start selling them. There is talk of selling them one by one as they come off the line, but we will see.
In parallel I am also developing Acorn’s first tool, a lawn trimmer. I think it would be useful in harvesting lettuce too. I’m modifying a couple of 40V hedge trimmers and welding up a Z axis for it now, it’s gonna be neat. I will start work on a new video soon.
Here’s the current system:
