Meet "OmniAgrobot," a robot dog helping to track down problematic plant diseases in the field. Ce Yang (BBE) and her team of students in the Agricultural Robotics Lab are working to develop new technologies to make farming more efficient and cost effective. Most recently, the team built the OmniAgrobot prototype to gather data with cameras and sensors in various field conditions.
Still in its early stages, the team hopes OmniAgrobot's ability to provide real-time wheat disease phenotyping will help both researchers and farmers. The team plans to compete in the International Conference on Robotics & Automation next spring.