Manoj\u00a0Karkee, PhD<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1513\/2016\/10\/kimfetrow2017_DSC_0812-Edit_8x10_cropped-396x498.jpg\")
<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\nProfessor<\/strong>
\nBiological Systems Engineering Department<\/a>
\nCenter for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems<\/a>
\nIAREC<\/a> – Washington State University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Member of Ag-AI Institute<\/a> (Adopt, Adapt, Amplify)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nEmail:<\/span> manoj.karkee@wsu.edu<\/a><\/span>
\nPhone: (509) 786-9208<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/h6>\nMajor Activities (Selected)<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
\n\n\nDatasets<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\nAll the labeled datasets produced can be accessed at #AgRobotics Repository provided by WSU Library<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nLinks to sample datasets are below..<\/p>\n
RGB-D Dataset of Apple Canopies Just Before Harvest (1600 images)<\/a><\/p>\nAPPLE (IMAGE) DATASET<\/a>\u00a0(A set of ~2,300 standardized images collected in orchards with different apple varieties and tree architectures using different sensors)<\/p>\nScifresh Apple Canopies During Harvest Season (with and without depth filtering)<\/a><\/p>\nFull-foliage Apple Canopies in Modern Fruiting Wall Architecture (3D Point Cloud)<\/a><\/p>\nFull-foliage Apple Canopies in Modern Fruiting Wall Architecture (Color Images)<\/a><\/p>\nVineyard Canopy Images during Early Growth Stage<\/a><\/p>\nCell-phone-based winegrape canopy images collected over the entire growing season\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nConferences\/Special Issues<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n2020-2021 Special Issue on “Sensing Technologies for Agricultural Robotics”<\/a><\/p>\n\n2019 Workshop on #AgRobotics, Sydney, Australia<\/a><\/p>\nAgriControl 2019: IFAC International Conference, Sydney, Australia<\/a><\/p>\nBio-robotics 2018: IFAC International Conference, Beijing, China<\/a><\/p>\nAgriControl 2016: IFAC International Conference, Seattle, USA<\/a><\/p>\nSpecial Issue “Agriculture Robotics”, 2018<\/a><\/p>\nSpecial Issue on “Agricultural and Field Robotics”, 2019<\/a><\/p>\nBiography<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\nDr. Karkee was born and raised in Bhojpur, a mid-hill district of the Himalayan country of Nepal, some 400 km east of the capital city Kathmandu. After compl![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1513\/2016\/10\/Pic1-Copy-396x397.jpg\")
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\nhigh school in his village, he moved to Kathmandu for his Associate and Undergraduate degrees. He received his bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Engineering in 2002 from Tribhuvan University, then moved to Bangkok, Thailand to attend the Asian Institute of Technology where he earned his Master\u2019s Degree in Remote Sensing and GIS. Dr. Karkee then spent the next five years in Ames, Iowa working on his doctoral research and education, earning his PhD in Agricultural Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction from Iowa State University in 2009.<\/p>\n
Dr. Karkee joined Washington State University (WSU) in 2010 where he leads a strong research program in agricultural automation and mechanization<\/a> area with a particular emphasis on machine vision and sensing technologies for agricultural automation and robotics. He has been working on numerous sponsored projects in this area, including apple crop load estimation, apple and cherry harvesting, fruit tree and berry bush pruning, blossom thinning, water and nutrient stress monitoring, weed control in vegetable crops, and Big-data based SMART irrigation system for winegrapes. Dr. Karkee has been actively publishing in such journals as ‘Journal of Field Robotics’, \u2018Computers and Electronics in Agriculture\u2019, \u2018Biosystems Engineering\u2019 and \u2018The Transactions of ASABE\u2019 and has frequently presented in national and international conferences. Dr. Karkee currently serves as an Associate Editor of ‘Transactions of the ASABE’ and ‘Applied Engineering in Agriculture’, and as a Guest Editor for ‘Robotics’. He is the elected chair of Technical Committee 8.1, Control in Agriculture, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) serving the term from, 2017 to 2020.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1513\/2018\/02\/IMG_0128c-1.jpg\")
In his personal life, Dr. Karkee enjoys spending time with his family, singing Nepali songs, reading and writing literature, and playing sports including Volleyball and Badminton.<\/p>\n
Some more about his life and profession, and some suggestions to the newer generation interested in #AgRobotics can be found below…<\/span><\/p>\nWestern Innovator: From Nepal to Robotic Pioneer<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h6>\nLeading Agricultural Automation and Robotics Research: Interview with Prof. Manoj Karkee<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n
Manoj\u00a0Karkee, PhD<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n
Professor<\/strong>
Biological Systems Engineering Department<\/a>
Center for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems<\/a>
IAREC<\/a> – Washington State University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Member of Ag-AI Institute<\/a> (Adopt, Adapt, Amplify)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nEmail: manoj.karkee@wsu.edu<\/a>
Phone: (509) 786-9208<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Major Activities (Selected)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Datasets<\/strong><\/p>\nAll the labeled datasets produced can be accessed at #AgRobotics Repository provided by WSU Library<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\nProfessor<\/strong>
\nBiological Systems Engineering Department<\/a>
\nCenter for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems<\/a>
\nIAREC<\/a> – Washington State University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Member of Ag-AI Institute<\/a> (Adopt, Adapt, Amplify)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nEmail:<\/span> manoj.karkee@wsu.edu<\/a><\/span>
\nPhone: (509) 786-9208<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/h6>\nMajor Activities (Selected)<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
\n\n\nDatasets<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\nAll the labeled datasets produced can be accessed at #AgRobotics Repository provided by WSU Library<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nLinks to sample datasets are below..<\/p>\n
RGB-D Dataset of Apple Canopies Just Before Harvest (1600 images)<\/a><\/p>\nAPPLE (IMAGE) DATASET<\/a>\u00a0(A set of ~2,300 standardized images collected in orchards with different apple varieties and tree architectures using different sensors)<\/p>\nScifresh Apple Canopies During Harvest Season (with and without depth filtering)<\/a><\/p>\nFull-foliage Apple Canopies in Modern Fruiting Wall Architecture (3D Point Cloud)<\/a><\/p>\nFull-foliage Apple Canopies in Modern Fruiting Wall Architecture (Color Images)<\/a><\/p>\nVineyard Canopy Images during Early Growth Stage<\/a><\/p>\nCell-phone-based winegrape canopy images collected over the entire growing season\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nConferences\/Special Issues<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n2020-2021 Special Issue on “Sensing Technologies for Agricultural Robotics”<\/a><\/p>\n\n2019 Workshop on #AgRobotics, Sydney, Australia<\/a><\/p>\nAgriControl 2019: IFAC International Conference, Sydney, Australia<\/a><\/p>\nBio-robotics 2018: IFAC International Conference, Beijing, China<\/a><\/p>\nAgriControl 2016: IFAC International Conference, Seattle, USA<\/a><\/p>\nSpecial Issue “Agriculture Robotics”, 2018<\/a><\/p>\nSpecial Issue on “Agricultural and Field Robotics”, 2019<\/a><\/p>\nBiography<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\nDr. Karkee was born and raised in Bhojpur, a mid-hill district of the Himalayan country of Nepal, some 400 km east of the capital city Kathmandu. After completing
\nhigh school in his village, he moved to Kathmandu for his Associate and Undergraduate degrees. He received his bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Engineering in 2002 from Tribhuvan University, then moved to Bangkok, Thailand to attend the Asian Institute of Technology where he earned his Master\u2019s Degree in Remote Sensing and GIS. Dr. Karkee then spent the next five years in Ames, Iowa working on his doctoral research and education, earning his PhD in Agricultural Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction from Iowa State University in 2009.<\/p>\n
Dr. Karkee joined Washington State University (WSU) in 2010 where he leads a strong research program in agricultural automation and mechanization<\/a> area with a particular emphasis on machine vision and sensing technologies for agricultural automation and robotics. He has been working on numerous sponsored projects in this area, including apple crop load estimation, apple and cherry harvesting, fruit tree and berry bush pruning, blossom thinning, water and nutrient stress monitoring, weed control in vegetable crops, and Big-data based SMART irrigation system for winegrapes. Dr. Karkee has been actively publishing in such journals as ‘Journal of Field Robotics’, \u2018Computers and Electronics in Agriculture\u2019, \u2018Biosystems Engineering\u2019 and \u2018The Transactions of ASABE\u2019 and has frequently presented in national and international conferences. Dr. Karkee currently serves as an Associate Editor of ‘Transactions of the ASABE’ and ‘Applied Engineering in Agriculture’, and as a Guest Editor for ‘Robotics’. He is the elected chair of Technical Committee 8.1, Control in Agriculture, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) serving the term from, 2017 to 2020.<\/p>\nIn his personal life, Dr. Karkee enjoys spending time with his family, singing Nepali songs, reading and writing literature, and playing sports including Volleyball and Badminton.<\/p>\n
Some more about his life and profession, and some suggestions to the newer generation interested in #AgRobotics can be found below…<\/span><\/p>\nWestern Innovator: From Nepal to Robotic Pioneer<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h6>\nLeading Agricultural Automation and Robotics Research: Interview with Prof. Manoj Karkee<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n
Manoj\u00a0Karkee, PhD<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n
Professor<\/strong>
Biological Systems Engineering Department<\/a>
Center for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems<\/a>
IAREC<\/a> – Washington State University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Member of Ag-AI Institute<\/a> (Adopt, Adapt, Amplify)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nEmail: manoj.karkee@wsu.edu<\/a>
Phone: (509) 786-9208<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Major Activities (Selected)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Datasets<\/strong><\/p>\nAll the labeled datasets produced can be accessed at #AgRobotics Repository provided by WSU Library<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
Professor<\/strong> <\/p>\n https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Member of Ag-AI Institute<\/a> (Adopt, Adapt, Amplify)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Email:<\/span> manoj.karkee@wsu.edu<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n All the labeled datasets produced can be accessed at #AgRobotics Repository provided by WSU Library<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Links to sample datasets are below..<\/p>\n RGB-D Dataset of Apple Canopies Just Before Harvest (1600 images)<\/a><\/p>\n APPLE (IMAGE) DATASET<\/a>\u00a0(A set of ~2,300 standardized images collected in orchards with different apple varieties and tree architectures using different sensors)<\/p>\n Scifresh Apple Canopies During Harvest Season (with and without depth filtering)<\/a><\/p>\n Full-foliage Apple Canopies in Modern Fruiting Wall Architecture (3D Point Cloud)<\/a><\/p>\n Full-foliage Apple Canopies in Modern Fruiting Wall Architecture (Color Images)<\/a><\/p>\n Vineyard Canopy Images during Early Growth Stage<\/a><\/p>\n Cell-phone-based winegrape canopy images collected over the entire growing season\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n 2020-2021 Special Issue on “Sensing Technologies for Agricultural Robotics”<\/a><\/p>\n 2019 Workshop on #AgRobotics, Sydney, Australia<\/a><\/p>\n AgriControl 2019: IFAC International Conference, Sydney, Australia<\/a><\/p>\n Bio-robotics 2018: IFAC International Conference, Beijing, China<\/a><\/p>\n AgriControl 2016: IFAC International Conference, Seattle, USA<\/a><\/p>\n Special Issue “Agriculture Robotics”, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n Special Issue on “Agricultural and Field Robotics”, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Karkee was born and raised in Bhojpur, a mid-hill district of the Himalayan country of Nepal, some 400 km east of the capital city Kathmandu. After compl Dr. Karkee joined Washington State University (WSU) in 2010 where he leads a strong research program in agricultural automation and mechanization<\/a> area with a particular emphasis on machine vision and sensing technologies for agricultural automation and robotics. He has been working on numerous sponsored projects in this area, including apple crop load estimation, apple and cherry harvesting, fruit tree and berry bush pruning, blossom thinning, water and nutrient stress monitoring, weed control in vegetable crops, and Big-data based SMART irrigation system for winegrapes. Dr. Karkee has been actively publishing in such journals as ‘Journal of Field Robotics’, \u2018Computers and Electronics in Agriculture\u2019, \u2018Biosystems Engineering\u2019 and \u2018The Transactions of ASABE\u2019 and has frequently presented in national and international conferences. Dr. Karkee currently serves as an Associate Editor of ‘Transactions of the ASABE’ and ‘Applied Engineering in Agriculture’, and as a Guest Editor for ‘Robotics’. He is the elected chair of Technical Committee 8.1, Control in Agriculture, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) serving the term from, 2017 to 2020.<\/p>\n Some more about his life and profession, and some suggestions to the newer generation interested in #AgRobotics can be found below…<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professor<\/strong> <\/p>\n https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Member of Ag-AI Institute<\/a> (Adopt, Adapt, Amplify)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Email: manoj.karkee@wsu.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n Major Activities (Selected)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Datasets<\/strong><\/p>\n All the labeled datasets produced can be accessed at #AgRobotics Repository provided by WSU Library<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBiological Systems Engineering Department<\/a>
\nCenter for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems<\/a>
\nIAREC<\/a> – Washington State University<\/p>\n
\nPhone: (509) 786-9208<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h6>\n
Major Activities (Selected)<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Datasets<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Conferences\/Special Issues<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Biography<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
eting
\nhigh school in his village, he moved to Kathmandu for his Associate and Undergraduate degrees. He received his bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Engineering in 2002 from Tribhuvan University, then moved to Bangkok, Thailand to attend the Asian Institute of Technology where he earned his Master\u2019s Degree in Remote Sensing and GIS. Dr. Karkee then spent the next five years in Ames, Iowa working on his doctoral research and education, earning his PhD in Agricultural Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction from Iowa State University in 2009.<\/p>\nIn his personal life, Dr. Karkee enjoys spending time with his family, singing Nepali songs, reading and writing literature, and playing sports including Volleyball and Badminton.<\/p>\nWestern Innovator: From Nepal to Robotic Pioneer<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n
Leading Agricultural Automation and Robotics Research: Interview with Prof. Manoj Karkee<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Manoj\u00a0Karkee, PhD<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n
Biological Systems Engineering Department<\/a>
Center for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems<\/a>
IAREC<\/a> – Washington State University<\/p>\n
Phone: (509) 786-9208<\/p>\n