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ACTIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Principal Investigator (PI)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: Tree Fruit Harvesting with Arrays of Vision-Guided Linear Robot Arms
\nAgency: USDA-NIFA (National Robotics Initiative).
\nDuration: 4\/01\/20 \u2013 3\/31\/24<\/p>\n

Title: Mechanical Mass-Harvesting of Tree Fruits using Innovative Multi-level Fruit Capture Systems
\nAgency: USDA-NIFA (AFRI)
\nDuration: 7\/01\/20 \u2013 6\/30\/24<\/p>\n

Title: Almond Yield Monitoring at a Single-tree Resolution
\nAlmond Board of California (ABC)
\nDuration: 5\/27\/21 \u2013 7\/31\/26<\/p>\n

Title: Site-specific soil pest management in strawberry and vegetable cropping systems using crop rotation
\nAgency: USDA-ARS
\nDuration: 08\/01\/2019 \u2013 07\/31\/2024<\/p>\n

Title: Development of Precision Yield Monitor for Almond and Pistachio
\nAgency: CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
\nDuration: 1\/1\/2023 – 12\/31\/2025<\/p>\n

Title: Improving the Performance of Agricultural Robots’ Worker Detection Systems under Adverse Light Conditions
\nAgency: Western Center for Agricultural Health & Safety
\nDuration: 4\/13\/2023 – 9\/29\/2023<\/p>\n

Title: Novel sensing of cauliflower size
\nAgency: Betteravia Farms LLC
\nDuration: 9\/22\/2020 – 5\/31\/2023<\/p>\n

Title: Integrated Systems Research and Development in Automation and Sensors for Sustainability of Specialty Crops.
\nAgency: USDA-NIFA HATCH \/ Multi-State
\nDuration: October 2018 – September 2023.<\/p>\n

co-PI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: Electric tractors: Identifying paths to clean energy in farming operations
\nAgency: CITRIS
\nDuration: 1\/1\/2022 – 9\/31\/2023<\/p>\n

Title: A joint UAV and robot-optimized approach for quantifying methane emissions and energy losses from landfills
\nAgency: CITRIS
\nDuration: 1\/1\/2023 – 12\/31\/2023<\/p>\n

COMPLETED<\/strong><\/p>\n

Principal Investigator (PI)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: Study on Mechanical Mass Harvesting of Pears
\nAgency: CA Pear Advisory Board & Pear Pest Management Board
\nDuration: 07\/01\/19 \u2013 12\/31\/21<\/p>\n

Title: Study on Mechanical Mass Harvesting of Cling Peaches
\nAgency: Canning Peach Mechanization Research Fund
\nDuration: 07\/01\/19 \u2013 12\/31\/21<\/p>\n

Title: NRI-Small: FRAIL-bots: Fragile Crop Harvest-aiding mobile robots.
\nAgency: USDA-NIFA (National Robotics Initiative).
\nDuration: September 2013 – August 2018.<\/p>\n

Title: NRI-Small:\u00a0Robotic Harvest-Aiding Orchard Platforms.
\nAgency: USDA-NIFA (National Robotics Initiative).Duration: December 2015 – November 2019.<\/p>\n

Title: Model-based design of fruit tree mechanized harvesting systems.
\nAgency: USDA-NIFA (AFRI)
\nDuration: January 2016 – December 2018.<\/p>\n

Title: Automated orientating and capping of strawberries for processing.
\nAgency: California Strawberry Commission (CSC).
\nDuration: September 2013 – February 2016.<\/p>\n

Title: Big Data in Agriculture: Automated Fruit Detection in Orchards.
\nAgency: UC Davis Committee on Research.
\nDuration: July 2015 – September 2016.
\nPI: Soheil Ghiasi<\/p>\n

Title: A Rapid Prototyping Design Tool for Pear Harvest-Aid Platforms Utilizing 3D Fruit Reach Ability And Kinematic Modeling.
\nAgency: California Pear Advisory Board.
\nDuration: April 2012 – June 2015.<\/p>\n

Title: A Rapid Prototyping Design Tool for Cling-peach Harvest-Aid Platforms Utilizing 3D Fruit Reach Ability And Kinematic Modeling.
\nAgency: Canning Peach Mechanization Research Fund.
\nDuration: April 2012 – June 2015.<\/p>\n

Title: Integrated Systems Research and Development in Automation and Sensors for Sustainability of Specialty Crops.
\nAgency: USDA-NIFA HATCH \/ Multi State
\nDuration: October 2012 – September 2013.<\/p>\n

co-PI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: AI-Enabled Yield Sensing and Forecasting for Agricultural Production
\nAgency: UC Davis AI Institute for Food Systems (AIFS)
\nDuration: 1\/1\/2021 – 12\/31\/2021<\/p>\n

Title: RAPID: Robot Assisted Precision Irrigation Delivery
\nAgency: USDA-NIFA (National Robotics Initiative)
\nDuration: 9\/01\/16 – 8\/31\/21<\/p>\n

Title: Crop Signaling for Automated Weed\/Crop Differentiation and Mechanized Weed Control in Vegetable Crops
\nAgency: USDA-NIFA.
\nDuration: September 2014 – August 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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