Our robotic systems expert, Manoj Karkee, discussed the latest innovations in specialty crop harvest technologies at the Workshop on Labor and Automation Effects on Social Sustainability and Resilience in U.S. Agriculture WSU CAHNRS National Academies #Agriculture #Automation #Harvest

Assistant OR Associate Professor position opening in our department: explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job/5…

A corner of MSU late fall 2021

Dear friends, we’re editing a special session “Robotics and Cybernetics for Future Farming” for IROS 2023. If you intend to have your submission(s) included in this session, please email me your submission IDs at (xzhang at abe dot msstate dot edu) by 3/8/2023.

A little credit and a nice affirmation of our efforts! Thanks to all of my amazing PhD advisors.

We are looking for a post-doc to work on hyperspectral remote sensing for a USDA funded project. See details and application process: apsslab.abe.msstate.edu/index.php/job-…

Dear friends, our project team is hiring a postdoc starting in this Fall. Please apply or share with someone who might be interested in this position. One year funds guaranteed, which can be extended up to five years contingent upon the satisfactory performance. Thanks!

Looking for a #postdoc in #AgRobotics. Candidates with experience in legged robots/ground robots/machine vision/artificial intelligence are welcome to apply. Please join me in revolutionizing #agriculture!

Congratulations to my PhD student, Theva, for his excellent work and presentation at #SPIE conference this year held in Orlando, FL. The paper was selected as the winner of Best Student Paper Award! Way to go!

Big announcement today at Mississippi State University: msstate.edu/newsroom/artic…

Mississippi State University and its Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering are very well represented at ASABE AIM 2023 in Omaha!

A free master class on #AI and innovation in #digitalagriculture is happening on Aug. 3 at 11 AM PT. A good chance to learn and explore novel crop monitoring technologies. register today Ag&Natural Resources

We are happy to share Chamika's successful Master's Defense as the first graduate student at the APSS lab at Mississippi State University. After two years of dedication and commitment, he has reached a milestone in his educational journey. We congratulate him on this achievement!

A great reference for all including farmers, students, scholars, researchers, policy makers, government organizations, and funding agencies. Dr. Qin Zhang, former director of WSU CPAAS edited the volume, I edited a section and contributed a chapter link.springer.com/referencework/…

Kit Franklin of Hands Free Farm (UK) speaks at Mississippi State University! It’s two days before the Grand Opening of the Agricultural Autonomy Institute!

Robots in the field.... #MAFES scientists have developed an autonomous cotton picker. The experimental design picks cotton on the lower portion of the plant, harvesting earlier and more often when seed cotton is at peak quality. msstate.edu/newsroom/artic…

Mississippi State researchers develop prototype to advance cotton industry wcbi.com/mississippi-st…

Check out what Mississippi State University is doing in ASABE's new AI in Ag issue of Resource Magazine! bt.e-ditionsbyfry.com/publication/?i…

Reposting the GRA positions available. Please apply through forms.gle/Gx82UFQPRe2wnB…

I am so glad and proud to a part of this new grant from NSF EPSCoR and lead the MSU team with Xin Zhang, Raju Bheemanahalli Rangappa, Mary Love Tagert, and Nesma Osman. Stay tuned for future updates. msstate.edu/newsroom/artic…