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ONU Seniors Devise Autonomous Robotic Greenhouse
Four Ohio Northern University seniors believed it was possible to engineer an autonomous solution for food production, and they set out to prove it during fall semester.
The manufacturing technology majors in the Getty College of Arts & Sciences designed, built and tested an award-winning, robotic greenhouse, nicknamed “Robogro,” for their senior capstone project.
Resource scarcity, a critical sustainability issue, informed their project idea. A robotic greenhouse that plants seeds, monitors growing conditions, and waters the right amount when needed, offers a potential solution to shortages of food, water and human time.
The team entered Robogro in the robotic competition sponsored by the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) in Louisville, Kentucky, in November 2022, where it won 1st place for mechanical design, 1st place for technical communication, and 2nd place overall.
