2023 Results

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

$10,000 Award

TEAM AMIGGIE - UC DAVIS

2023 Farm Robotics Challenge Grand Prize winners, Team Amiggie from UC Davis

Designed a robot to assist human pickers, monitor risky postures, carry harvested crops, and both streamline harvest and unloading operations, thereby optimizing crop harvesting and increasing efficiency.

COMPLEXITY OF DESIGN

$5,000 Award

TEAM HUSKERBOTS - UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN

Group of nine people standing inside a warehouse around a robotic vehicle with a camera, with industrial equipment and tools in the background.

Developed a weed-detecting robot that performs spot-spraying of herbicides, reducing herbicide use and increasing productivity.

ELEGANCE OF DESIGN

$5,000 Award

TEAM ROBO-AG - UC DAVIS

Group of six young people smiling outdoors in a vineyard, with a small autonomous robot on the ground.

Built an autonomous robot for targeted pesticide application in a vineyard, reducing chemical waste and labor costs.

Small Farms Solution

$5,000 Award

TEAM ELECTRIFIED SLUGS - UC SANTA CRUZ

Group of six people smiling outdoors on a farm or garden, with freshly tilled soil and a tractor in the background.

Created an autonomous navigation software application for the Amiga robot to efficiently weed plant lines on small organic farms.

Participating Teams

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