News and Media Coverage
2021
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by USDA NSF/NIFA as a key part of ‘Ag AI Institute (Adopt, Adapt, Amplify)’
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by Washington Wine and Grape Commission to ‘Develop a Mobile-vision Tool for Vineyards’
2020
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by USDA NIFA to ‘Develop Sustainable Nutrient Management Solutions for Vineyards’
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by USDA NIFA to ‘Develop a Robotic Pollination System for Tree Fruit Crops’
Dr. Karkee’s lab (lead institution – Oregon State University) was funded by USDA NIFA to ‘Develop a Robotic Pruning System for Tree Fruit Crops’
Flyby for fertilizer management, Kate Prengaman, Good Fruit Grower
Sweet cherry harvester not forgotten, Ross Courtney, Good Gruit Grower
Farmworker vs Robot, Impediment
Birds flee when drones fly, Ross Courtney Good Fruit Grower
The secret behind robot language, Dr. Wendy Sue Universe Ask Dr. Universe
WSU agricultural robotics research provides a glimpse of the future, Dave Leader, Capital Press
USDA grant funds robotic pollination research at WSU, Ross Courtney, Good Fruit Growers
THE ROBOT REVOLUTION (OF CROP PICKING) IS HERE, Stephen Gossett, Built In
Dr. Karkee’s lab (lead institution – Oregon State University) was funded by Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission to ‘Develop a Decision Support Tool for Precision Orchard Management’
A robot’s rules for pruning, Good Fruit Grower
Choose and Pick, Robots are Coming to a Farm Field Near You, US Agriculture Outlook
2019
Western Innovator: From Nepal to robotic Pioneer, Capital Press
Farm Workers Vs Robots, The Washington Post
Dr. Karkee’s lab (lead institution – University of Central Florida) was funded by NSF National Robotics Initiative to ‘Develop a Collaborative Harvesting System for Strawberries ‘
Dr. Karkee’s lab (lead institution – Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth) was funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and World Bank to ‘Create a Center for Excellence in Digital Farming’
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by Washington Grape and Wine Research Program to ‘Smart-phone-based crop load estimation tool’
Electric Eyes and Helping Hands, John Deere Furrow
Canopy camera in your pocket, Good Fruit Grower
Washington orchards host robotic arms race, Good Fruit Grower
Celebrating Ag Tech: Interview with elementary school kids
Welcome the Plants That Move on their Own
Protecting vineyards from birds with drones is study topic, Fruit Growers News
Precision pruning can help machines safely, efficiently harvest apples, WSU Insider
Estimating Vineyard Yield? WSU’s Making An App For That, The Growers Guide
Robot Apple Pickers Could Change Farming as We Know It
The Field of Artificial Intelligence Growing in Agriculture, Growing Produce
Online publication labels professor as AI trailblazer, The Daily Evergreen
WSU scientist recognized as AI pioneer by ‘Connected World’, CAHNRS News
2018
11 Professors Prophecies for AI and IoT, Connected World
Leading Agricultural Automation and Robotics Research: Interview with Prof. Manoj Karkee
Shaking it up in the orchards, Ross Courtney, Good Fruit Growers
Automated Agriculture: Researchers Work on Robotic Weeder, Denise Keller, Onionworld.net
Automating Ag: Less labor, more innovation in the fields and in the air, producebluebook.com
Researchers share future of ag tech in Consortium tour, CAHNRS News
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by Washington Department of Agriculture to ‘Develop an Automated System for Green Shoot Thinning in Vineyards’
IoT: The Next Farming Frontier, Connected World, Bethanie Hestermann
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by NSF-USDA Cyber Physical Systems Program to develop ‘SMART Irrigation System using IoT and Big Data Analytics’
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission to develop ‘A Robotic System for Fruit Tree Pruning’.
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission to develop ‘A Multi-purpose Robotic System for Tree Fruit Crops’.
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by Washington Wine Commission to develop ‘An Automated Green Shoot Thinner’.
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by Washington Wine Commission to develop ‘A Smart-phone-based crop-load estimation tool for Vineyards’.
WSU precision ag program ranks with world’s best, WSU News
Taking everything into account (in Spanish), Kate Prengaman, Good Fruit Grower
Global thinking sets up New Zealand Agtech Startups for Outsized Impact, AgFunder News
Why robots should shake the bejeezus out of cherry trees, Wired Magazine..
Local company advancing rapidly on robotic strawberry harvester, The Ledger..
2017
Autonomous Agriculture, USA Today…
Apple-Picking Robot Prepares to Compete for Farm Jobs, Tom Simonite, MIT Technology Review…
Washington State Seeks to Automate Apple Orchards, Assembly..
Robotic Pickers on the Horizon, Phil Ferolito, Yakima Herald..
Robot Hand Picks Apples without Bruising, Farm Shows..
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by Washington Red Raspberry Commission to continue working on automated bundling and tying of canes.
Robotic fruit pickers promise labor saving, The Packer…
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded by WSU’s Emerging Research Issues program to continue their work on bird deterrence from crop fields with UASs.
Dr. Karkee’s lab was funded to commercialize a ‘Mobile App for In-Orchard Apple Crop Load Estimation’
2016
Dr. Karkee and WSU CPAAS organized an International Conference on Ag Robotics and Automation
WSU to host conference on automating agriculture
Quest for robotic apple picker continues
Agriculture 3.0: How researchers are harvesting the power of robots and drones to reboot farming
Aadit Shrestha was awarded ASD Inc. Instrument Award, 2016