Field Robot Event 2009 July 6, 7 & 8
This year the Event will be organized at the same time as the Joint International Agricultural Conference Wageningen. The attendants of the JIAC congress will visit the Field Robot Event during a time slot in the program specially reserved to see the robots perform in the field. The Event will take place at the campus site of Wageningen University and Research centre (Netherlands) from July 6 to July 8, 2009.
The Wageningen Field Robot Event shows a vision of the future of modern precision agriculture. Right now, a small revolution is taking place. A new breed of robots will soon be able to carry out a variety of tasks in row crops, such as weeding, spraying and disease monitoring. Agricultural robots working in a field, completely autonomous: the Field Robot Event proves this is possible!
Wageningen University is inviting university and school teams to enter our annual international open-air field robot contest: the only open-air agricultural field robot contest in the world.
The contest allows unlimited creativity: no restrictions apply to the robot design and construction. As we have seen during the previous Field Robot Events, our participants know how to be creative!
The Field Robot Event includes a contest, of course, but exchanging experiences and networking are an important part of the program, too. Everyone who is interested in robots is welcome to come to Wageningen and enjoy the Field Robot Event.
Phtoto top: Helios field robot of the Technische Universität Braunschweig.
Phto bottom: Máis field in preparation at Wageningen University.
