Sowbot is an open robotics platform designed to scale regenerative agriculture by providing accessible, lightweight robotics to researchers and farmers. It aims to bridge the "prototype gap" in agricultural robotics with a Reference Hardware Design and a Production-Ready Software Stack. The system comprises an 'Open Core' compute unit with dedicated boards for control/safety and perception/AI, powered by open-source software like Lizard, RoSys, and DevKit ROS. Various platforms like Sowbot, Sowbot Mini, and Sowbot Pico cater to different development stages, all emphasizing modularity, open-hardware, and a commitment to sustainability.
The Dabao is a $10 single-board computer built around the open-source Baochip-1x RISC-V microcontroller, championed by hardware hacker bunnie Huang, aiming for user inspectability and security. It’s a fully-funded project leveraging innovative manufacturing to deliver a powerful, yet affordable, platform for experimentation and security-focused applications.
* **Microcontroller:** Baochip-1x RISC-V (designed by bunnie Huang) – prioritizes hardware transparency.
* **CPU:** 350MHz+ Vexriscv
* **I/O Cores:** Four 700MHz PicoRV32 cores
* **Memory:** 4MiB RRAM, 2MiB SRAM
* **Security Focus:** Part of the Betrusted initiative with built-in hardware security features.
* **Manufacturing:** TSMC 22nm process with cost-reduction techniques.
* **OS:** Runs Xous OS.
* **Microcontroller:** Baochip-1x RISC-V (designed by bunnie Huang) – prioritizes hardware transparency.
* **CPU:** 350MHz+ Vexriscv
* **I/O Cores:** Four 700MHz PicoRV32 cores
* **Memory:** 4MiB RRAM, 2MiB SRAM
* **Security Focus:** Part of the Betrusted initiative with built-in hardware security features.
* **Manufacturing:** TSMC 22nm process with cost-reduction techniques.
* **OS:** Runs Xous OS.
