{"id":6,"date":"2016-10-14T11:30:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T18:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2021-03-03T17:04:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T01:04:48","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1476469865514\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<header>\n<h2>Major Research Topics<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sensing, machine vision, and control for agricultural automation and mechanization<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Field robotics and human-machine collaboration for agriculture<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Agricultural systems modeling, simulation, and control<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Selected Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robotic pollination in fruit crops &#8211; USDA Multi-State Specialty Crop Grant Program<\/li>\n<li>Multi-robot, coordinated strawberry harvesting &#8211; NSF National Robotics Initiative<\/li>\n<li>SMART Irrigation System using IoT and Big Data Analytics &#8211; NSF\/USDA Cyber Physical Systems Program<\/li>\n<li>A Robotic System for Fruit Tree Pruning &#8211;\u00a0Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission<\/li>\n<li>A Multi-purpose Robotic System for Tree Fruit Crops &#8211;\u00a0Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission<\/li>\n<li>Apple Crop-load Estimation Application &#8211; Office of Commercialization, WSU<\/li>\n<li>An Automated Green Shoot Thinner &#8211; Washington Wine Commission and Washington Department of Agriculture<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/unmanned-aerial-systems-uass-for-mitigating-bird-damage-in-blueberry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unmanned Aerial System for Mitigating Bird Damage<\/a> &#8211; WA Blueberry Commission<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/a-systems-approach-to-automating-intra-row-weed-control-in-vegetable-crops\/\">Crop Signaling-based Weed Control in vegetable Crops<\/a> <\/em>&#8211; USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/shake-and-catch-harvesting-for-fresh-market-apples\/\">Shake and Catch Harvesting for Fresh Market Apples<\/a> &#8211; USDA NIFA Foundational Program<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/10307-2\/\">Mechanizing Red Raspberry Pruning and Cane Tying<\/a> &#8211; WSDA Specialty Crop Block Grant and WA Red Raspberry Commission<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/human-machine-collaboration-for-automated-harvesting-of-tree-fruit\/\">Human-machine collaboration for automated harvesting of tree fruit<\/a> &#8211;<\/em>\u00a0NSF\/USDA National Robotics Initiative<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/\/conversion-of-high-yield-tropical-biomass-into-sustainable-biofuels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conversion of High-Yield Tropical Biomass into Sustainable Biofuels<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/em>\u00a0USDA Biomass Research and Development Initiative<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/\/research\/applied-research\/development-and-optimization-of-solid-set-canopy-delivery-systems-for-resource-efficient-ecologically-sustainable-apple-and-cherry-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Development and Optimization of Solid-Set Canopy Delivery Systems for Resource-Efficient, Ecologically Sustainable Apple and Cherry Production<\/em><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/\/multispectral-image-analyses-of-potatoes-under-different-nutrient-management-with-center-pivot-irrigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nutrient and Water Stress Sensing for Potatoes<\/a>;\u00a0<\/i>USDA ARS \u2013 Cooperative Research Project<i><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/\/research\/applied-research\/3d-machine-vision-for-improved-apple-crop-load-estimation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D machine vision for improved apple crop load estimation<\/a>;<\/i>\u00a0Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/\/research\/basic-research\/machine-vision-system-development-for-automatic-pruning-of-apple-trees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Machine Vision System for Mechanical Pruning of Apple Trees<\/a>;<\/i>\u00a0Washington State University Internal Grant Program<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/\/research\/applied-research\/a-total-systems-approach-to-developing-a-sustainable-stem-free-sweet-cherry-production-processing-and-marketing-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A total systems approach to developing a sustainable, stem-free sweet cherry production, processing, and marketing system<\/a>;<\/i>\u00a0USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Major Research Topics<\/h2>\n<p>Sensing, machine vision, and control for agricultural automation and mechanization<br \/> Field robotics and human-machine collaboration for agriculture<br \/> Agricultural systems modeling, simulation, and control<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robotic pollination in fruit crops &#8211; USDA Multi-State Specialty Crop Grant Program<br \/> Multi-robot, coordinated strawberry harvesting &#8211; NSF National Robotics Initiative<br \/> SMART Irrigation System using IoT and Big Data Analytics &#8211; NSF\/USDA Cyber Physical Systems Program<br \/> A Robotic System for Fruit Tree Pruning &#8211;\u00a0Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission<br \/> A Multi-purpose Robotic System for Tree Fruit Crops &#8211;\u00a0Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission<br \/> Apple Crop-load Estimation Application &#8211; Office of &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/research\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3295,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":624,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/karkee-ag-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}