Legmin

Partnering with an agri-tech startup to bring an farming robot to life

Legmin is an agri-tech startup that creates assistive robots that help farmers with agricultural tasks. Founded on the concept of "Growing produce through harmonious human-robot collaboration", the company imagines an optimistic future in which robots and humans live and work together to create a more efficient, flourishing world.
Takram has been involved from the start as design partners and advisors from product development to engineering, even to pitching to investors, with hopes of supporting their fundraising and future growth.

Agriculture enabled by human-robot collaboration

Legmin aims to make agriculture more efficient by using robots. Their robots assist farmers in sowing seeds, spraying pesticides, and harvesting across farmlands– specifically the mass harvest of leafy vegetables, such as Japanese spinach. The robots are estimated to cover five times more land than the average human farmer using traditional agricultural methods, thus allowing farmers to maintain large-scale farms with a small number of people.

Product development for the agricultural robot

Since the robot will need to perform a multitude of tasks while working its way around a field, we equipped them with a variety of functions: GPS and WiFi for measuring its position, a front camera for detecting any obstacles ahead, a bottom camera for observing vegetables and road conditions, a terminal for dock charging, and emergency stop buttons and a control console.

Illustrated storyboards to demonstrate use

To better explain the various functionalities of the robot, we created a comic book-style storyboard with detailed illustrations. The unique visuals help demonstrate the intentions behind each feature, as well as clarify how and in what scenario each is used.

Business plan & Presentation deck design

We also helped develop a suite of branded presentation materials, including a pitch deck. To sell the idea to investors, we outlined the potential of agricultural tech and automation, as well as critical figures that express urgency and need for such assistive technology.

To further showcase the idea and portray the business as authentically as possible, we also produced photographic documentation and videos of the robot at work.