FARO is a small robotic observatory that reachs following goals : Fully robotic and autonomous observatory built with less than 10 000 euros. The idea is to define a commercial product for about 20 000 euros. Each night, astrometric follow-up of all known comets brighter than mag. 16. Observation of gamma-ray burst early afterglows triggered by the GCN notices. Follow-up of RR Lyrae stars for the Groupe Européen d'Observation Stellaire. Open time for our friends.
Instrumental characteristics for astronomy : Located in Observatoire Chante-Perdrix, Dauban 04 Banon - France. Geographic coordinates 43°59'59" North  05°38'51" East  Alt. 630 meters. Station MPC A77. Telescope : D=200 mm, F=811 mm, fork mount, motorized by MCMT II. Camera : Sbig ST2K, pixel=7.4 micrometers, spatial sampling 1.88 arcsec/pixel. Filters : none (soon, L, R, G, B from Astronomik)
Owners : François Kugel is amateur of astronomy and specialist of comet observations. Alain Klotz is astrophysician, specialist of gamma-ray bursts and robotic observatories.
Links : Commented photos of the observatory. List of hardware used to built the observatory. Electricity and electronics of controled deviced. Send an observation request and quick look of acquired images (only for registred users).

We thank Claudine Rinner and Jérome Eysseric that help us to solve many electrical problems...