In a small home garden, about 1.5 meters wide and 3 meters long, a robotic device called the FarmBot is busy planting vegetable seeds. The FarmBot will control the soil’s moisture, water the seeds and plants, and take out any wild plants or weeds. Rory Aronson is the inventor of the FarmBot and chief executive officer of the company that produces it. He tells VOA who would find the device helpful. “Our ideal customer is somebody who is a maker or a hacker type person who wants to grow their own food but doesn’t have the time.” Aronson says he has been testing the FarmBot in his garden. “We had Swiss chard, arugula, spinach. We also had broccoli, kale, beets, and parsnips. We had 65 plants total and so we got a pretty good amount.” To survive in extreme weather, the FarmBot is made of aluminum, stainless steel and 3D printed plastic. The tools are designed to plant, water and care for each vegetable.
Title: " For People Too Busy to Garden, FarmBot Can Help"
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1308/farmbot.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='" For People Too Busy to Garden, FarmBot Can Help"' data-article-id='1819'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15979'>In a small home garden, about 1.5 meters wide and 3 meters long, a robotic device called the FarmBot is busy planting vegetable seeds.</span> <span data-start-time='15979' data-end-time='26708'>The FarmBot will control the soil’s moisture, water the seeds and plants, and take out any wild plants or weeds.</span> <span data-start-time='26708' data-end-time='37042'>Rory Aronson is the inventor of the FarmBot and chief executive officer of the company that produces it.</span> <span data-start-time='37042' data-end-time='42521'>He tells VOA who would find the device helpful.</span> <span data-start-time='42521' data-end-time='51938'>“Our ideal customer is somebody who is a maker or a hacker type person who wants to grow their own food but doesn’t have the time.”</span> <span data-start-time='51938' data-end-time='56979'>Aronson says he has been testing the FarmBot in his garden.</span> <span data-start-time='56979' data-end-time='60563'>“We had Swiss chard, arugula, spinach.</span> <span data-start-time='60563' data-end-time='66021'>We also had broccoli, kale, beets, and parsnips.</span> <span data-start-time='66021' data-end-time='71729'>We had 65 plants total and so we got a pretty good amount.”</span> <span data-start-time='71729' data-end-time='82896'>To survive in extreme weather, the FarmBot is made of aluminum, stainless steel and 3D printed plastic.</span> <span data-start-time='82896' data-end-time='90438'>The tools are designed to plant, water and care for each vegetable.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1308/farmbot.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7033 data-hint-location='42521' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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perfect</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7034 data-hint-location='15979' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1308/what_is_something_farmbot_cannot_do.m4a'>What is something FarmBot cannot do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='plant the seeds'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1308/pick_weeds.m4a'><span>pick weeds</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1308/plant_the_seeds.m4a'><span>plant the seeds</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1308/water_seeds_.m4a'><span>water seeds </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1308/control_soil_moisture.m4a'><span>control soil 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