
Build a slow-motion
spinner for hanging
plants, based on
BEAM robotics
Written and photographed by Andy T. Evans
Solar
Plant
Rotator
This battery-free device will make your hanging
plants happy. Powered by the sun, it slowly spins
your suspended plant so it receives a healthy
amount of light on all sides.
I have always been fascinated and entertained
by BEAM robots, and I’m always looking for useful
projects to utilize their “solar engine” circuits.
So I thought these little solar harvesters would
be a great fit when I was trying to think of an
automated way to rotate my very lopsided fern
plants, which were unfortunately not close to any
power outlets. ...