2019
Modern farming is the future: Experts The Tribune News Service Ludhiana October 15, 2019
2018
11 Professors Prophecies for AI and IoT Connected World December 2018
Agricultural robots combine future, farming practices The daily Evergreen October 26, 2018
WSU’s apple picking machine provides potential for future orchard operations NBC Right Now August 29, 2018
Shaking it up in the orchard Good Fruit Grower August 14, 208
Iot: The Next Farming Frontier Connected World May 2018
Using UAS technology in irrigated agriculture Irrigation Today April, 2018
25 Best Colleges for Precision Agriculture (PrecisionAg.com) March 21, 2018
Too Much of Apple Picking? Rural Delivery (www.RuralLife.ca), March 2018 Volume 42 #8
Khot: Drone data for agriculture February 2018 Good Fruit Grower.com
Mullinax: Are you ready for liftoff? Good Fruit Grower February 27, 2018
Why Robots Should Shake the Bejeezus Out of Cherry Trees January 2018 Wired.com
2017
Washington State seeks to automate apple orchards November 3, 2017 Assembly Magazine
Robotic Fruit Pickers Promise Labor Saving October 3, 2017 Farm Journal’s AgPro
Apple-Picking Robot Prepares to Compete for Farm Jobs May 2, 2017 MIT Technology Review
Autonomous Agriculture March 2017 USA Today Special Edition
Robotic Fruit Pickers Promise Labor Saving March. March 7, 2017 The Packer
Washington State Professor Finds Sky-High Opportunities for Drones in Agriculture February 27, 2017 Farm Bureau News (FB.org)
Plant biologists welcome their robot overlords. January 26, 2017 Nature
2016
Washington Scientists Forge Ahead Amid Uncertainty November 10, 2016 Xconomy
Ag drone future’s up in the air-video November 9, 2016 Good Fruit Grower
Gripper’s Gentle Touch November 7, 2016, Good Fruit Grower
Announcing Xconomy Intersect: GGB, Accolade, OfferUp, Textio & More October 11, 2016, Xconomy.com
Idaho water settlement fuels growth of new irrigation method – October 13, 2016, Capital Press
Quest for robotic apple picker continues – September 15, 2016 Capital Press
WSU to host Conference on automating agriculture – August 8, 2016 Capital Press
Global look at agricultural robots, automation – August 14, 2016 WSU News
Drones and wine – only mix in research – July 13, 2016 The Daily Evergreen
Washington vineyards use drone to capture irrigation data – July 5, 2015 NBC Right Now
Agriculture 3.0: How researchers are harvesting the power of robots and drones to reboot farming -February 10, 2016 Geekwire.com
2016 Precision Farming Expo – January 2016, Office of Economic Development, Blog update
Developing the Technologies That Will Change Agriculture – January, Office of Economic Development
2015
Phenotyping in the field goes high-tech -November 2015, Good Fruit Grower, pg 20-21
Win/Win for Growers and Pickers: New Weighing System released – October 2, 2015 – By David Eddy
U.S.-based precision ag UAV progress – September 17, 2015 – by UAS Magazine Staff
Unmanned helicopter tested for rainwater removal August 11, 2015 – By Jeffrey Dennison, WSU Tri-Cities
WSU engineers, scientists prepare to test apple-picking robot -July 16, 2015 By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities
2014
Human and Robot Team-up for High-tech Harvest
Many Washington tree fruit growers dream of a day when automated technology helps bring in the harvest. Manoj Karkee, assistant professor with the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems (CPAAS) at Washington State University, believes that day will soon be here.
– On Solid Ground
Farming Technology Designed By Students on Display in Prosser PROSSER, WA. – The latest and greatest farming technologies were on display in Prosser Tuesday. The second annual Automated Agricultural Systems Expo at WSU’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center showcased prototypes and working models designed by students. Organizers say this expo is important to keeping the state’s agricultural industry competitive globally. – KNDO
New Farming Technology
Researchers from the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems at Washington State University are showing 7 different Inventions in Prosser today that they say could really help farmers down the line. – KVEW TV.com
Paying Fruit Pickers Per Pound
Several years ago cherry grower Mike Omeg, who is always looking for ways to do a better job and increase his bottom line, sat down and asked himself one critical question: “How can I reduce my operating costs without hurting the quality of the fruit?”
– Growing Produce
2013
Could robots harvest apples in the future?
August 30, 2013
PROSSER, Wash. — With a bumper crop of apples expected this season, many Washington tree fruit growers dream of a day when automated technology helps bring in the harvest. Manoj Karkee, assistant professor with the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems at Washington State University, believes that day will soon be here.
– KIMATV.com
WSU Fruit Picking Robot
August 30, 2013
Washington State University wins a major federal grant to develop fruit harvesting technology about how humans and robots might work side-by-side. It’s cutting edge technology, and it could really change the face of fruit picking as we know it today. – KVEW TV .com
Prof earns recognition, patents for ag automation
August 23, 2013
PROSSER, Wash. – Qin Zhang, director of the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems
at Washington State University, is one of 13 fellows recently named to the American Society of
Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for 2013. – WSU News
| Dec 15, 2013 Entrepreneur focuses on apple picking |
| Nov 06, 2013 Human and Robot Team-up for High-tech Harvest |
| Oct 08, 2013 Farming Technology Designed By Students on Display in Prosser |
| Oct 08, 2013 New Farming Technology |
| Sep 18, 2013 Paying Fruit Pickers Per Pound |