INNOVATION BY AIR

AIR Category (new in 2025)

Farm Robotics Challenge we have lift off! Put on your pilot glasses and start thinking about how you can implement small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) also known as drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to push for innovations in agriculture. In this category teams can use their choice of drone so long as it complies with local laws and regulations.

Our Technology Partner IGIS (UC ANR Informatics and GIS Program) will provide the competition with guidelines and resources to help get your projects off the ground.

View the video below to learn more about using drones for your Farm Robotics Challenge project. This clip was taken from our info session webinar on November 13, 2024. The video features Sean Hogan, Director of the IGIS Drone Service Center.

Looking for additional inspiration? Check out the video below to learn about how start-up company Skysense is adapting fully-autonomous UAVs (drones) for use in creating weed pressure maps as well as a variety of other agriculture applications.