UC Merced — The Future of Machines
An innovative project developing at UC Merced brings robotics, artificial intelligence and precision agriculture together to improve crops and harvests, open a new field of jobs and save water — a precious resource in California. The project is called Robot-Assisted Precision Irrigation Delivery, RAPID for short. And as RAPID research moves out of the labs and into Central Valley test vineyards, it has won an award, sparked excitement from ag influencers, and drawn interest from international investors. A patent application is pending.