Farm Robotics Challenge

Get ready to explore the cutting-edge world of agricultural technology with the Farm Robotics Challenge. Student teams will showcase their engineering, computer science, and critical thinking abilities by programming a farm robot using the Farm-Ng platform. Organized by AI Institute for Next Gen Food Systems (AIFS), UC ANR VINE, Fresno-Merced Future of Food (F3) Innovation, and Farm-ng, this challenge presents real-life farm automation scenarios for students to gain hands-on experience with the practical application of robotics in agriculture.

Attend the Farm Robotics Challenge Awards Ceremony

About

The Farm Robotics Challenge is an innovative program that invites teams of students from participating universities and colleges across the United States to create new solutions for on-farm challenges. With a focus on small-farm applications, participants will utilize the state-of-the-art Amiga robot to integrate robotics into agricultural research to accelerate use-inspired translation. This challenge provides a unique opportunity for hands-on interdisciplinary collaboration and aims to grow student interest in the field of ag robotics

Challenges

Team solutions must address a production farming topic on any crop(s) or size of farm, with a desired focus on small farms. Specific challenges aree pre-identified for teams to choose from, or teams may choose to create additional or custom functionality to solve a self-identified challenge. Challenges will fit into one or more of the following categories: