An autonomous fruit bin hauling robot developed by Washington State University graduate students and Heritage University undergraduates caught the eye of judges in a recent farm robotics competition.
The 10-person team received the Excellence in Small Farms Technology Award and a $5,000 cash prize for their success in the Farm Robotics Challenge, an annual student competition coordinated by the University of California and the AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems, with support from agriculture tech company farm-ng.
