Why Garden Robots Carry Water — Behind the white picket fence, Piplo tightened a tiny screw on his homemade drip-maker. Plick, plack! Read the full story →
Behind the white picket fence, Piplo tightened a tiny screw on his homemade drip-maker. Plick, plack! He wanted it to give three neat sprinkles to the sleepy seed pot before the sun slid behind the clouds. The metal handle felt cool in his robot fingers, and the damp soil smelled like rain on pennies.
Then the drip-maker gave one giant glug instead. Water splashed the tallest daisy, and its droopy head popped up so fast a butterfly made a loop in surprise. “Secret success!” beeped Piplo. Ever since, garden robots carry water by hand, just in case a flower needs one brave glug. Can you spot the loop the butterfly made behind the white picket fence?