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  • Agricultural robot may be ‘game changer’ for crop growers, breeders

    Feb 23, 2017 8:45 am by Sharita ForrestResearch
    Agricultural and biological engineering professor Girish Chowdhary with postdoctoral researcher Erkan Kayacan. Photo by Brian Stauffer

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    • Agricultural and biological engineering professor Girish Chowdhary with postdoctoral researcher Erkan Kayacan. Photo by Brian Stauffer

    Robot may soon be roaming agricultural fields, transmitting real-time data about growth and development, information that can be used to identify genetic traits likely to produce the greatest yields.