• Deep Water Culture — (DWC) is a hydroponic method of plant production by suspending the plant roots in a nutrient-rich, oxygenated water solution. It's called deep water culture for two reasons; one is because of the deep nutrient reservoir, which stores a large amount of nutrient-rich water. The second reason is because of how much root is submerged in the nutrient-rich water. The roots are going to stay in water on a 24-hour basis. This means no soil is used whatsoever.
• COB Lights — Chip-on-board or COB refers to mounting a bare LED chip in direct contact with a substrate (such as silicon carbide) to produce LED arrays. COB technology allows for a much higher packing density of the LED array, or what light engineers refer to as improved lumen density. Using COB LED technology can significantly reduce the footprint and energy consumption of the LED array while keeping light output constant. This means more light for your plants at a lower cost to you.
• Odor Management — We have a patent-pending design that uses the lamp and its legs to help manage the plant's odor with active filtration. We want you to grow plants in your living spaces (where allowed) and don’t want you to be inconvenienced by the smell.
• Artificial Intelligence — The device collects data, such as local temperature and humidity, and the camera takes regular pictures of the plant. By combining these data points along with data from all other Annabotos in the world, we can design an AI that optimizes and creates unique recipes for your plant, in your environment, and for all stages of plant growth. All knowledge is shared between devices so that Annaboto users can grow like professionals with minimal effort or expertise.
• Robotic Nutrient Dispensing — The plant roots are placed directly in the water, so they have immediate access to nutrients. This is great for plant growth when the nutrients are carefully measured and administered. We use robotic technology to ensure this critical process happens correctly and consistently.

Artificial Intelligence is used for several reasons:

• Craft unique (nutrient, light, temp, humidity) recipes for your specific plant in your particular environment at all plant life stages and harvest.
• Find and diagnose plant issues.
• Understand how all the Annabotos around the world are performing and share best practices with each other.
• Because images are used to train Artificial Intelligence and better understand the plant, we only need photos of a plant. If a person happens to be in the frame when we take a picture, we use a tool that blurs the image at the source, so no faces make it to our database. We are committed to your privacy!

Yes, the App is available for both Android and iOS phones.

From time to time, Boundless Robotics will release software updates to help improve the experience for all users. You'll need to accept the software upgrade through our App.