Project

Growver

A tree-planting robot that automates digging, planting, and tamping to help healthy saplings get in the ground faster.

Auto Dig Auto Plant Auto Tamp
Growver tree-planting robot prototype
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Problem

Manual tree planting is labor-intensive and hard to scale, so Growver needed to combine digging, seedling-placement, and tamping into a single chassis without becoming bulky or power-hungry.

Growver seedling placement assembly CAD model
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Action

  • Collaborated with another mechanical engineer to interweave the seedling and soil placement subsystems, optimizing for weight distribution, minimizing physical footprint, and utilizing dead space within the robot.
  • Designed the seedling placement subsystem using purely mechanical mechanisms, eliminating electrical complexity while still enabling automation.
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Result

  • Reduced power consumption in the seedling placement subsystem while still enabling full automation of the dig-plant-tamp sequence.
  • Delivered user-accessible seedling storage in easily removable pods for cleaning and maintenance.
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