Cishe inyanga edlule besazi ngale phrojekthi I-PLEN2, iphrojekthi ethokozisayo ebifuna ukuxhaswa ngezimali ngokubuyiselwa kwemali kwabantu abaningi. Le phrojekthi yayihloselwe ukunikeza irobhothi eliphrinteka ngokugcwele ngephrinta ye-3D futhi yakhiwe Hardware libre okungasivumela ukuthi sifunde amarobhothi ngaphandle kwenkinga noma sibe nelirobhothi elilodwa noma amabili anesimo somuntu. Yebo, kubonakala sengathi angingedwa othanda iphrojekthi ye-PLEN2 kusukela ngezinsuku eziyishumi nanye ukuqeda insimbi, I-PLEN2 isivele izuze isibalo esitholiwe.
I-PLEN2 ithuthukiswe yinkampani i-Plen.jp, inkampani yaseJapane ekholelwa emarobhothini hhayi njengekusasa elisongelayo kodwa njengento ewusizo engasisiza sifunde emvelweni nakuwo. Lena yindlela abathuthukise ngayo i-PLEN2, irobhothi elincane elakhiwe ngayo hardware libre nangohlaka olunyathelisiwe olungeke lusize abadala kuphela kodwa oluzojabulisa nabancane.
I-PLEN2 isuselwa ku-Arduino futhi inezinjini eziningana ze-servo ezisiza ekwakheni amalunga nokunyakaza kwerobhothi. Kanye nalawa ma-servomotors ne-Arduino, ibuye isebenzise i-Intel Edison, isilawuli se-Intel esizofakwa ekhanda lerobhothi ukuqhubekisela phambili ukusebenza nezinqubo zerobhothi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma i-PLEN2 isikhishiwe noma isatshalaliswa, iqembu lizokwenza imidwebo namafayela wamarobhothi atholakale kunoma ngubani ukuze wonke umuntu akwazi ukuzakhela eyakhe i-PLEN2 noma avele alungise imodeli yawo ephukile.
Iqiniso ukuthi i-PLEN2 iyathakazelisa kakhulu, into ebonwa abantu abaningi futhi engasiza ekwakheni amarobhothi emithombo evulekile emisha, ngoba amafayela abo namamodeli kungashintshwa futhi kusetshenziselwe imiklamo yabo. Okungenani ngikubona ngaleyo ndlela futhi impela, njengoba kwenzekile ngezimali, ngeke ngenze iphutha futhi ngemuva kokushiya amafayela kuzoba namamodeli amaningi aphuma kule phrojekthi Awucabangi?