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UCANR: Developing a qualified workforce for California
Students design high-tech solutions through Farm Robotics Challenge
Michael Hsu
Published on: October 25, 2024
Students pose with their advisor next to the agricultural robot they designed
The PhoenixBot team from Olin College of Engineering won the Farm Robotics Challenge Grand Prize.

Award-winning teams announced at FIRA USA robotics conference

A robot that navigates and weeds row-crop fields – and its design team from Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts – have garnered the grand prize in the second annual Farm Robotics Challenge. Five winning teams, representing various universities and colleges across the U.S., were announced on Oct. 24 during a ceremony at the FIRA USA robotics conference in...

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Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Food, Innovation
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UCANR: Promoting economic prosperity in California
Partners unveil first on-farm robotics incubators
  • Author: Jennifer Goldston
Published on: October 23, 2024
An artist's conception of Reservoir Farms
At Reservoir Farms, startups will work side-by-side with growers to test their technologies in real-world environments.

Opening in Salinas and Merced in 2025, Reservoir Farms will drive ag innovations in automation robotics

The Reservoir, a nonprofit building tech incubators across California, and partners Western Growers Association, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Merced College, Hartnell College and venture capital firm HawkTower have announced the creation of the first-ever on-farm robotics incubators, Reservoir Farms.

Unveiled during a press conference at the FIRA USA 2024 robotics conference in Woodland, Reservoir Farms...

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Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Food, Innovation
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UCANR: Safeguarding abundant and healthy food for all Californians
UCCE advisor Bruno guides, learns from dairies switching to milking robots
Michael Hsu
Published on: December 7, 2023
Three women stand together in a dairy barn with a feeding robot in the background
From left to right: Former UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine researcher Fernanda Ferreira, Fred Rau Dairy manager Shonda Reid and UC Cooperative Extension dairy advisor Daniela Bruno have collaborated on studies of large dairies in California using automatic milking systems. A robot that pushes feed to the cows can be seen in the background. Photo courtesy of Daniela Bruno
 

Automatic milking systems increasingly used in California amid labor challenges

When third-generation dairy farmer Shonda Reid first saw a milking robot at a farm show 13 years ago, she immediately recognized that the technology represented the future. Her father, however, took a bit more convincing.

“I came home and showed him and said, ‘This is what we need to do.' And...

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