For People Too Busy to Garden, FarmBot Can Help(翻译)

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.
在一处1.5米宽、3米长的小型家庭菜园里，一个名叫“园艺机器人”的机械设施正在忙着播种蔬菜种子。园艺机器人可以控制泥土的水分、给种子和植物浇水，也可以除去任何野生植物和杂草。

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.
罗伊·阿伦森是园艺机器人的发明者，也是生产园艺机器人的公司的首席执行官。他在接受“美国之声”采访时说，他相信这个设备会很有用。

"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.”
“我们的理想客户是从事制造或者黑客类型的人，想自己动手种菜却没有时间。”

Aronson says he has been testing the FarmBot in his garden.
阿伦森说他一直在自己的菜园里试验园艺机器人。

"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.”
“我们种了瑞士甜菜、芝麻菜和菠菜。我们还种了西兰花、羽衣甘蓝、甜菜和防风草。我们一共种了65种植物，收成还不错。”

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. They are attached to a long, thin rod that moves up and down the garden.
为了在极端天气下生存，园艺机器人由铝、不锈钢和3D打印塑料制成。这些工具旨在播种、浇灌和照看每一种蔬菜。它们连接到一根细长的杆子上，这根杆子在菜园里上下移动。

Aronson says putting the FarmBot together takes about 8 hours.
阿伦森说组装园艺机器人大约需要8小时。

“If you can use a screwdriver and follow instructions you should be able to put FarmBot together no problem.”
“如果你会用螺丝刀、照着说明书来，那你组装园艺机器人应该没什么问题。”

The FarmBot works with Internet programs and can design a garden based on each person’s needs. Its software is open source. That means the computer program that makes it work can be freely used, changed and shared by anyone.
园艺机器人是利用网络程序工作的，可以根据个人需要来设计菜园。它的软件都是开源的。这意味着使其工作的计算机程序是免费使用的，任何人都可以随意改写或者分享。

Hundreds of people have already ordered the FarmBot online.They can expect to receive their devices in February.
已经有数百人在线预订了园艺机器人。他们预计在二月份就可以拿到机器。

The cost of the FarmBot is $3,100. For now, it is only one size. But the company is planning to make bigger robots for commercial gardening.
园艺机器人售价为3100美元。现在它只有一种型号。但是阿伦森的公司计划生产更大的机器人，用于商业种植。

I’m Dorothy Gundy.
多萝西·甘地为您报道。