The Bison Agbot robotics team in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems engineering was formed in the Spring of 2021 with the aim to participate in the annual ASABE robotics competition. Started by the graduate students of the department, the group encourages students from any agricultural discipline to learn and share idea about automation in their field. Students work with embedded computers like the Nvidia Jetson Nano, Raspberry pi and microcontrollers like Arduino. The departmental robotics group provide good opportunity for students to brainstorm and fabricate solutions for real world problems in agricultural automation. From using computer aided designs to 3D printing their prototypes, using complex electronics to power up the robot and using machine vision to autonomously navigate and detect. The robotics group is a great opportunity for anyone to learn and hone their skills in robotics for agriculture.

The group is preparing for the 2025 ASABE robotics competition which is going to be held in Toronto, Canada from July 13-16, 2025. The competition task is to design an autonomous robots that will race to collect and sort as many chicken eggs as possible within 5-minute trials. You too can travel to Canada with us and participate in an international robotic competition, join the team today!