[Cyverse.Nappn] [webinar] Manoj Karkee, Mar 27 9am PDT (UTC-7), "Artificial Intelligence, Cyber-Physical Systems and Robotics for Agriculture"

[Amy Tabb-AgRA]

Manoj Karkee, from Washington State University, USA, will present 
"Artificial Intelligence, Cyber-Physical Systems and Robotics for 
Agriculture," on Friday, March 27, 2020, at 9:00 am PDT (UTC-7:00).

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The webinar will be provided through Zoom.  Please register: 
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/7315843691655/WN_hM43jE5rScuWh0rMXwl98A

Alternatively, you may view through YouTube live, which has a lower 
bandwidth requirement than Zoom.  To get the link, check the technical 
committee's Twitter account up to 15 minutes prior to the start of the 
webinar: https://twitter.com/AgRoboticsTC

Abstract:

Decreasing availability and increasing cost of farm labor is a critical 
challenge faced by agricultural industry around the world. Robotics has 
played a key role in reducing labor use and increasing productivity in 
farming. Modular automation and robotics technologies developed in 
recent years, decreasing cost and increasing capabilities of sensing, 
control and automation technologies such as UAVs, and increasing 
emphasis by governments around the world in mechanizing and automating 
agriculture have created a conductive environment to develop and adopt 
smart farming technologies for the benefit of agricultural industries 
around the world including smaller, subsistence farming operations 
common in developing and underdeveloped countries. In this presentation, 
the author will first discuss the importance of precision and 
automated/robotic systems for the future of farming (Smart Farming, Ag 
4.0). He will then summarize past efforts and current status of 
agricultural automation and robotics, particularly for fruit crop 
production, followed by an introduction of the novel systems being 
developed in his program. The technologies to be introduced include 
robotic fruit harvesting, fruit tree pruning, and crop thinning. At the 
end, major challenges and opportunities in agricultural robotics and 
related areas as well as potential future directions in research and 
development will be discussed.

All details, including a time zone converter, technical details, and 
presenter biography available at the AgRA TC webpage:

http://ieeeagra.com/events/webinar-march-27-2020/

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