Robotic Plant Drone Moves Houseplants to Sunny Spots

It’s like a Roomba for houseplant survival. Stephen Verstraete, a sculptor from Belgium, decided to tackle the issue of houseplant health and owner forgetfulness by building his own robots, wheeled contraptions with light sensors that scoot their wards (potted houseplants) to life-giving sunlight, wherever it may fall in the house. He’s even supplied a parts list and schematic for tinkerers looking to make plantbots for themselves.

I’ve been known to take to a PCB with a soldering iron now and again, but something tells me I’ll pay for my ambition when my cats suffer simultaneous heart attacks under the shadow of their new robotanical overlords. Click through for the whole tale. —MN

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   Awesome! Can I have one?

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    Triffids with wheels.

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