agBOT Challenge 2016

The 2016 agBOT Challenge is a competition to develop Autonomous Crop Seeders with specific capabilities.

Competitors will build technology used to provide real-time data and utilize a mobile tracking antenna. Teams will compete in development of hardware, software, sensors, and human-machine control interfaces to enable their robotic technology and further propel the field of agriculture and robotics.

Teams

The teams chosen for this year’s 2016 agBOT Challenge on May 7, 2016 are:

• Purdue University
• Michigan State University
• Ohio State University
• Virginia Tech University
• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
• University of Regina
• Case Western Reserve University
• MESATech
• Grit Robotics
• Muchowski Farms
• Pee Dee Precision Ag

If you or your organization is interested in the 2016 agBOT Challenge and the development of autonomous crop seeding there are several ways you can get involved:

• Register a Competitive robotics building team
• Sponsor the 2016 agBOT Challenge
• Exhibit at the 2016 agBOT Challenge
• Partner or Volunteer with the 2016 agBOT Challenge
• Attend the 2016 agBOT Challenge on May 7, 2016
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