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News releases share the latest updates on Extension activities and impact by scientists and staff across UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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CAU Dream Team's robot picked "apples" in two lanes at once. Photo by Michael Gutierrez.

Winners named in ASABE ag robotics competition

August 3, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
China Agricultural University (CAU) took home top honors in the 2018 ASABE Robotics Student Design Competition, held July 31 in Detroit. CAU teams won in both the advanced and beginner divisions.
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For the 2018 ASABE Student Robotics Challenge, teams will simulate the mechanical harvest and storage of apples.
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College students to build apple-picking robots in ASABE competition

July 11, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Nineteen teams of college students from top universities in the U.S., Canada and China will compete to build robots to mechanize farm work at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting in Detroit.
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Mark Gaskell shown among blackberries bushes, but the UC Cooperative Extension advisor is known for his pioneering work on blueberries and coffee in California.

UCCE small farms advisor Mark Gaskell retires

June 29, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Mark Gaskell is best known these days for cultivating the idea of California-grown coffee that launched the emerging industry. But coffee isn't the first crop that Gaskell convinced California farmers could be locally grown.
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