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Telegarden

Built by The Telegarden Project · United States

Updated May 2026·methodology

Overview

The Telegarden was a robotic art installation that allowed anyone on the Internet to interact with a remote garden. Users teleoperated a robot arm to plant, water, and monitor the progress of living plants. Equipped with a SCARA industrial robot arm with an end-effector fitted with a camera, watering line, and seed dibble for remote horticultural interaction.

Detailed specifications

Other3
Controller Model
Adept-1 industrial robotic arm[4]
Deployment Notes
Art installation active 1995-2004, initially at University of Southern California, later at Ars Electronica Museum in Austria[2][3][4][6]
Youtube Video Id
10Sc8-3VuJE

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