Building a Greenhouse Robot (Part 1): Adventure

Branches Detection System Details I’m doing this Zealab project now and it’s honestly been a rollercoaster already! The mission? Build an device installed on greenhose inspection robots that can detect and classify overgrown plants automatically. Sounds straightforward right? HA. Famous last words. The concept is actually simpler than my last robot car project. Just a multi-BUS structure with sensors figuring out how far stuff is, then driving motors to move away. In theory, piece of cake. In practice… well, let me tell you about my little adventure yesterday. ...

February 4, 2026 · 2 min

Building a Greenhouse Robot (Part 2): Rain, Fog, and Victory

Branches Detection System Details Okay so installation day was… not what I expected. At all. The plan was simple: bring the device to the greenhouse, install it, power it up, watch it do its thing. The reality involved a humidity problem we hadn’t anticipated. The greenhouse was warm, lush, and visibly moist. Plants sweating in the morning light, condensation beading on every surface. We set up the equipment, connected everything, and… the connection kept dropping. Not dramatically, just enough to be frustrating. The robot would initialize, then lose comms. Reboot, connect briefly, then drop again. ...