A group of Yakima Valley eighth graders got to test school-made sensors and get a taste of using science, math, and computer science in real-world farming, thanks to a pilot […]
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Where are the orchard bots? OSU shares the latest research on tree fruit robotics
Robots are commonplace in row crops, but the fresh market tree fruit industry still relies on large, seasonal workforces. “Every apple you see at the grocery store was picked by […]
Smarter Orchards
Last spring, WSU launched the AgAID Institute with $20 million from USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and National Science Foundation. It will accelerate AI-driven ag technology research, and help the development of pruning and […]
How AI Can Help Farmers Fight Drought in a Hotter World
The AgAID Institute hopes to apply AI to many areas of agriculture amid the anthropogenically changed climate. This will include a search for AI solutions to everything from the dangers […]
The promise of AI is becoming clearer
New investments support agricultural scientists taking a closer look at what artificial intelligence can offer.
NSF Nationwide AI Research Partnerships
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a $220 million investment in eleven new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes, building on the first round of seven AI Institutes totaling $140 million funded last year. (This map shows all awards combined). Credit: NSF.gov
USDA-NIFA & NSF Invest in AI Research Institutes
USDA-NIFA and other agencies and organizations have partnered with NSF to pursue transformational advances in a range of economic sectors and science and engineering fields — from food system security to next-generation edge networks.
WSU to Lead National AI Research
Washington State University will lead a multi-institutional research institute to develop artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to tackle some of agriculture’s biggest challenges related to labor, water, weather and climate change.
