The imperative transition from conventional to sustainable agricultural practices is leading to noticeable shifts in workforce development to adopt cutting-edge technologies, such as drones, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI), in farms. We organize a series of workshops on robotics, automation, and drones to facilitate the transition of the new wave of technology revolution to farms.
During this two-day workshop, you will learn about advanced technologies, including drones, robotics, and AI. Our hope is that the participants will gain knowledge and skills to develop curricula and strategies for educating the next generation of agricultural professionals through innovative pedagogy and high-impact practices in the midst of rapidly changing technology.
Workshop Date: September 12-13
Where: University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
Participants:
This workshop offering is open for high school teachers and college instructors (e.g., community colleges and California State Universities) from the Western region of the US, which includes the following states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY, and island protectorates of American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia and Northern Mariana.
The workshop will be hosted at the Western Center for Agricultural Equipment (WCAE)
154 Hills Drive
University of California at Davis
Davis, CA 95616
Application
The workshop is free. Due to limited space, we kindly ask all participants to apply here:
application form
Stipend: Participants will get $800 upon the completion of the workshop.
Lodging: AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems (AIFS) will pay for hotel accommodations.
Important dates
Call for registration: June 15
Notification sent to the participant: by August 25
Workshop dates: September 12-13, 2024
Day One
Drone technology (AKA: Unmanned aerial vehicles - UAVs)
- Introduction to drone technology
- Operating a drone, from mission planning to manual and autonomous flight operation
- Drone-based sensing technologies, such as multi- and hyper-spectral imaging
- Applications of drones in agriculture
- Flight safety and regulations
Day Two
Robotics and automation
- Introduction to principles and technologies of the sensing, perception, control-and-actuation systems
- Understanding of the capabilities and limitations of robots (e.g., weeding robots)
- Applications of robots in agriculture
- Introduction to AI
Sponsors
This workshop is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2022-38640-37490-WS3SI through the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under project number WPDP23-013.
The AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems (AIFS) is the other sponsor of the workshop.
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The workshop is approved by the Division of Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) at UC Davis to provide the participants with the opportunity to enroll in one unit of continuing education through CPE. For more information, please check the instructions here.