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  • Self-driving robot from U. of I. could shape the future of farming

    Apr 19, 2017 1:45 pm by Chicago TribuneIllinois in the News
    Girish Chowdhary, an assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, is pictured with TERRA-MEPP. Photo courtesy of IGB

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    Illinois researchers have built a robot that can wheel itself around farms to monitor plants. It could let farmers collect data on crops cheaper and easier than ever before.

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