Farmbots

*ADVANCED STUDIO - Recommended for High School Students, Post-High School Gap Year Students and/or Returning NuVu Students*

From strawberry picking machines to field scouting drones to robotic packaging, the food industry is seeing a robot influx with autonomous machines taking over the open fields. There are machines for picking oranges, such as the Energid Citrus Picking System; machines for pruning grapes, like cute little Wall-Ye; and even machines like the Harvest Automation HV-100, a tiny robot that is designed to work alongside people in a greenhouse and offer an extra hand in placing plants at desired locations. The labor shortage in industries like dairy and agriculture is pushing us towards automation and robotic technology. If you want to learn more about where our food comes from and design the next generation of robots to support the world’s nutritional needs, then come join our team!

In this Studio, students will be learning about the robots and technology that make up the farming and agriculture industries and designing the next generation of robotic systems to support food production. Students will learn the basics of electronics, microcontrollers and computer programming (using the Arduino environment). They will also learn how to integrate the computer with external sensors (from simple switches and buttons to heat/temperature, light, gas, touch) and actuators (such as motors, lights, speakers, solenoids, valves, fans) to allow them to turn their ideas into farming and agriculture machines! We will empower students with the physics (electricity and magnetism), engineering, 3D modeling, robotics, and programming skills they need to bring their vision to reality!

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Focus Skills/Subjects/Technologies:

Design