Launching Careers, Building Businesses, Helping Growers Thrive

How does a student robotics project become a career in ag tech or a business solving real problems for growers?

Join Brendan Dowdle, Chief Business Officer of Bonsai Robotics, for a conversation about how the Farm Robotics Challenge connects hands-on learning with opportunities beyond the classroom. Hear how participants are landing jobs, launching companies, and applying their skills to help growers get essential work done as operating costs keep climbing.

You’ll hear from:

• Former participants turned startup founders on taking their Challenge project from student concept to agtech business.

• A former participant now working at Bonsai Robotics on how the Challenge helped open the door to a career in the industry.

• A commercial grower and early ag tech adopter on where robotics can make a meaningful difference in operating costs, productivity, and the day-to-day demands of farming.

Explore what happens when students build alongside growers and how those connections can create lasting value for both.