Robotics News

• New air quality sensors enable community decision-making in Pajaro Valley region
  July 28, 2025
  Newly deployed sensors will fill in significant gaps in the area's air quality monitoring network
• UC Santa Cruz AgTech Alliance launches to support interdisciplinary collaboration
  January 29, 2025
  Building on the long history of innovation in agriculture at the campus, the AgTech Alliance will support research, education, events, and workforce development related to advancing agricultural technology in order to create more formalized opportunities for collaboration within the university and beyond.
• Researchers to develop technology for improving berry monitoring, harvesting, shipment
  January 9, 2025
  To investigate innovative methods to support the berry growing and harvesting process, UC Santa Cruz Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ricardo Sanfelice is launching a new agricultural technology project.
• Student team wins ‘Excellence in Safety’ award at second Farm Robotics Challenge
  November 19, 2024
  A team of engineering students were recognized with the “Excellence in Safety” award at the second-annual Farm Robotics Challenge
• Experts weigh in on wildfire impacts
  September 10, 2024
  UC Santa Cruz has many experts who can provide relevant, research-based comment on a wide variety of wildfire impact topics.
• Innovating agriculture for a greener world
  March 16, 2024
  UCSC's Earth Futures Institute's Frontier Fellows Program, wrapping up its second year, supported six undergraduate students engaging in groundbreaking interdisciplinary research aimed at improving the planet's future. Eric Vetha uses his passion for robotics to hone in on soil moisture management practices.
• ‘Digital twins’ project will help clean up space junk, repair and decommission spacecrafts
  March 7, 2024
  Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ricardo Sanfelice and a team of researchers have been awarded $2.5M to model complex aerospace engineering problems.
• Three climate resilience projects supported by 2023 CITRIS Interdisciplinary Innovation Program
  October 11, 2023
  CITRIS and the Banatao Institute and the Innovation & Business Engagement Hub collaborated to fund three projects focused on climate resilience and that align with developing solutions that address some of the California's most pressing climate challenges.
• Nearly $1 million in USDA grants will support 3 UCSC-led agricultural technology projects
  August 17, 2023
  Three UC Santa Cruz research teams led by engineering faculty will pursue innovative agriculture technology projects with the support of seed grants from the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.
• Interdisciplinary team wins Small Farm prize in first-ever Farm Robotics Challenge
  June 15, 2023
  An interdisciplinary team of students and researchers created an autonomous weeder which was recently recognized with the Small Farm prize at the inaugural Farm Robotics Challenge.

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