Iowa State University researchers turn to robotics to improve understanding...
Iowa State University faculty members are developing a new facility that will utilize a specially designed robot to gather unprecedented amounts of data on the growth of plants under different...
View ArticleWorking the land and the data
An article in the Nov. 30 issue of The New York Times details how farmers are working not only the land, but also the data. For some farmers, technology offers a lifeline, a way to navigate the...
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CoE faculty honored by Plant Sciences Institute
Five engineering researchers selected as PSI Faculty Scholars The Plant Sciences Institute (PSI) has awarded funding to investigators in three colleges in an effort to stimulate high-risk, high-reward...
View ArticleRobotic Weeders
A new line of thinking in weed control – small, nimble, and sustainable – is gaining traction. The robotic mechanical intra-row weeder project is being proposed by Iowa State University (ISU)...
View ArticleChange Agent: Lie Tang
Lie Tang’s research has contributed to innovations such as tractors that drive themselves and robots that hunt down weeds. In fact, Tang has devoted his career to expanding the use of automated...
View ArticleCreating new worlds to study plant life
“You can observe and measure phenotype, but it has been mostly done manually,” Tang says. “We see more and more automated applications to help scientists collect data. With the Enviratron we can probe...
View ArticleMonitoring animal health
Researchers are using remote sensing technologies to increase the health and efficiency of livestock production. One of the studies involved tracking chickens to get a sense of the basics for potential...
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Lie Tang utilizes plant-measuring robots to improve crop health
Lie Tang, associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, is working with scientists to improve crop Lie Tang and Iowa State scientists with the PhenoBot resiliency using robots called...
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