Nonprofit · Robotics education & agriculture
Cultivate Robotics teaches students to design and build robots, then puts that work to use: affordable robotic tools for small and medium-sized farms.
What we do
The students we train today design the farm tools of tomorrow. Each mission feeds the other.
Hands-on robotics for elementary through high school students, with a focus on kids who don't yet have access to a team or a lab.
Practical robotic tools sized and priced for small and medium-sized farms, not just large agribusiness.
Robotics education
Every program ends with something students built themselves. Older students can join our design team and help prototype the tools we bring to farmers.
Intro sessions with simple motors, sensors, and block coding. Students build a small robot that "waters" a plant when the soil is dry.
Multi-week club program covering mechanical design, wiring, and programming, with support for starting a competition team.
Students work on real agricultural prototypes alongside mentors, from CAD to field testing, and present their results to partner farmers.
Lesson plans, parts lists, and build guides so teachers and club leaders can run sessions on their own.
For farmers
We start with the jobs that cost small farms the most hours, and build the simplest robot that can do them.
Solar-powered sensors that track soil moisture and temperature across a field and send alerts to a phone.
A small autonomous rover that drives between crop rows to scout for weeds, pests, and plant stress.
An add-on that automates existing drip irrigation using soil data, cutting water use and labor.
Interested in testing a prototype on your farm? Join our partner farm program.
Why affordability matters
Commercial agricultural robots are often priced for large operations. Small and medium-sized farmers face the same labor shortages and rising costs, with far less room in the budget. We design for them first: open designs, common parts, and prices a family farm can plan around.
Get involved
Engineers, students, and teachers can lead workshops, mentor teams, or join the prototype design team.
Sign up to volunteerSmall and medium farms can test prototypes, share feedback, and help shape what we build next.
Become a partner farmDonations fund student kits, workshop supplies, and the parts for field prototypes.
Talk to us about givingContact
Schools, farmers, volunteers, and sponsors: tell us a bit about yourself and we'll be in touch.