DAS Lab

We are thrilled to announce our full-day workshop on "Agricultural Robotics for a Sustainable Agriculture" at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2023 on October 1st in Detroit, MI (USA). sites.google.com/illinois.edu/i…

Today @ilExtension @bowmannd held a cover crops field day. This robot seeded into standing corn - field to the left. The field to the right was drilled after harvest. The difference is stunning & favors the robot. We'll talk about it on today's WILLAg.org's CMR.

Make sure to stop by the Farm of the Future on May 17th from 9-11am for a Pop-up Field Day to compare the impact of using small, autonomous robots to seed cover crops against conventionally planted cover crops. Details: calendars.illinois.edu/detail/6540/33…

Questions about the event can be directed to Dennis Bowman, ndbowman@illinois.edu or cell tel:2178400867

POP-UP Field Day Cover Crops: Under-canopy robot seeding compared to post harvest seeding. If you are in Champaign or nearby, we invite you to a pop-up field day on Wednesday, May 17th from 9:00am – 11:00am weather permitting

🔶 Seed funding news! 🔷 iSEE has funded 2 Campus as a Living Lab research projects at @UofIllinois that will use automation to enhance waste sorting for campus recycling efforts and reduce manual labor costs in small urban farming operations! News ➡️ sustainability.illinois.edu/isee-seed-fund…

How will the I-FARM "Farm of the Future" operate?What will its robots do and how will they help farmers? 🤖🌾 I-FARM's Naveen Uppalapati, @NCSAatIllinois Research Scientist, answers questions about this innovative @USDA_NIFA-funded project in our FAQ! 🔶 sustainability.illinois.edu/what-is-the-i-…

We solve problems first. 🔸🔹 Cover cropping is hugely beneficial but costly. So #ILLINOIS professor Girish Chowdhary's industrious iCOVER team will use a $5M USDA grant to robotic cover-crop plant 20k acres in AL, IL, IN, MO, and IA. 🌱 bit.ly/3QpBIOS

A new $5M @USDA-funded project led by Girish Chowdhary of @IllinoisABE will address obstacles to cover crop planting among underserved farmers. iCOVER will scale up autonomous farming/sensing technologies to make soil measurements faster & less costly! ➡️ sustainability.illinois.edu/5m-usda-grant-…

The I-FARM Farm of the Future at @UofIllinois, funded by @USDA_NIFA, is showcasing drones & robots that can measure soil moisture, plant cover crops & more, to save farmers money & improve agriculture practices!🌾 Watch our video to see them in action! ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=yj9Djm…

Thanks to @ShipmanKay for her piece in @FarmWeekNow on the I-FARM 'Farm of the Future' project, funded by @USDA_NIFA! Read how scientists are using robots to plant cover crops and monitor plant & animal growth in this project by #iSEE, @NCSAatIllinois and @DigitalAgUIUC! 🌱🐄

Great coverage from @ethancsimmons in today's @news_gazette on the I-FARM Farm of the Future project funded by @USDA_NIFA! Read all about the fruits of our partnership with @NCSAatIllinois and @DigitalAgUIUC : news-gazette.com/news/robots-ro…

Exciting things are happening on the #ILLINOIS Farm of the Future! The cereal rye cover crop is emerging 🌱

Today the @USDA awarded CDA & iSEE $3.9M for I-FARM, a 3-year testbed that seeks to evaluate & enhance digital ag technologies and practices. @USDA_NIFA selected @UofIllinois as the premiere pioneering site for their Farm of the Future initiative. 🙌 ➡️ go.ncsa.illinois.edu/usauir3fi-0601…

Assignment-Space-based Multi-Object Tracking and Segmentation - @AnwesaChoudhuri, Girish Chowdhary, @daslab_uiuc, Session #10: Oct 13 5-6 pm ET & Oct 15 10-11 am ET Paper: anwesachoudhuri.github.io/Assignment-Spa… Project: anwesachoudhuri.github.io/Assignment-Spa…