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Students involved in the BioResource and Agricultural Engineering Department’s Precision Agriculture and Automation Club get first-hand experience in problem solving, developing robotic systems, and providing autonomous solutions to existing needs in the agricultural industry and beyond.
We ask for your support to send the Precision Agriculture and Automation Club to the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) International Meeting’s robotics competition July 17-20 in Houston, Texas.
Students are currently working to design, assemble, and program an autonomous cotton-picking robot to compete in the annual ASABE Robotics Student Design Competition. This international event challenges students to develop skills in robotic systems, electronics, and sensing technologies by simulating a fully autonomous robotics solution to a common agricultural process.
Leading up the competition, students will:
A subset of the team, anywhere from five to seven students depending on the amount of money raised, will then travel to Houston in July to participate in the competition at the 2022 ASABE International Meeting. In addition to competing with the robot, the students will present the team's poster to peers and judges from both industry and academia. The students will also attend academic and professional presentations in agricultural and biological engineering and network with students from other participating universities.
The team’s participation in the international event will not only expand Cal Poly's reputation for excellence in agricultural and engineering education, but also encourage students to develop their professional networks and broaden their understanding of the agriculture industry.
Knowing you are behind us will raise our spirits and lead to our success. You will have access to our daily blog where you can see the smiles on our faces!
Support student accommodations at the competition. We need good rest to do our best! Receive access to our daily blog.
Programming robots is hard work! Support a team meal at the competition to help fuel the team and build camaraderie. Receive access to our daily blog.
Support one student to compete for two of the three-day competition. You will receive a personal email from a student summarizing their experience.
You will be supporting air travel for three student competitors. You will receive a personal email from a student summarizing their experience.
Fully support one student to travel and compete at the competition. You will receive a personal email from the student summarizing their experience.
