Ke Koleke Mahiai o Purdue University ke hui pū nei me Gerrish Farms e hoʻokipa i ka agBOT Challenge 2019, kahi hanana ʻekolu lā Mei 16-18. Aia ka hanana i ka NextGen Expo, kahi hanana STEM interactive, a me ka hoʻokūkū agBot, kahi hōʻikeʻike honua a me ka hoʻokūkū o agtech unmanned machine innovations.
Hoʻohui nā hanana i nā manawa hoʻonaʻauao a me nā hoʻokūkū e pili ana i ka poʻe mahiʻai, nā ʻoihana, nā haumāna a me nā mea hou agtech. E mālama ʻia ka hanana ma ka Agronomy Center for Research and Education (ACRE), 4540 US 52 West, West Lafayette.
ʻO ka luʻi agBot, he ʻāpana o ka Purdue's 150th celebration Ideas Festival, ke kau nei i ka nīnau: He aha inā i hiki ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe Broadband i nā poʻe āpau?
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka agBOT Challenge ma 2015 e Steve Gerrish, nona ka Gerrish Farms ma Rockville a me kāna kaikamahine ʻo Rachel Gerrish, ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻomaopopo i ka pono o ka broadband kiʻekiʻe ma nā wahi kuaʻāina. I loko o ka mōʻaukala makahiki ʻekolu o ka hanana, ua komo nā hui mai ʻAmelika a me Kanada i ka hoʻokūkū ma Gerrish Farms. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hanana i nā ʻenehana like ʻole, me nā mea hiki ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻalahi, ka ʻike a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka mauʻu, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea momona a me ka ʻohi ʻana i ka wai.
"Ua hoʻolālāʻia ka agBOT Challenge ma keʻano he hanana hōʻailona e hāʻawi i ka hihiʻo o ka mea hiki ke hiki ke loaʻa iā mākou kaʻenehana kiʻekiʻe a me ka wikiwiki pūnaewele ma ka mahiʻai," wahi a Steve Gerrish. "He ala maikaʻi loa nā hoʻokūkū e hoʻokau i ka hana hou a hana i kahi hoʻoikaika hui like ʻole i ka agtech space."
ʻO kekahi mau mea komo i nā luʻi agBot mua i hele i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kā lākou mau hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū a i ʻole e hana ana pēlā. Ma waho aʻe o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka pono o ka pūnaewele kiʻekiʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rachel Gerrish ʻo ke kumu ʻē aʻe o ka paʻakikī ʻo ka holomua ʻana i nā ʻenehana mahiʻai kikohoʻe.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka lawe ʻana i ka 2019 agBOT Challenge i Purdue," wahi a Karen Plaut, ka Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture ma Purdue. "E hui pū kēia hanana i nā haumāna, nā mea noiʻi a me nā ʻoihana a hōʻike i nā manaʻo a me nā ʻenehana hou e hiki ke hāʻawi i nā hopena no ka wā e hiki mai ana."
Ma Mei 16, e wehe ʻo ACRE i kona kahua i ka lehulehu, e kono ana i nā ʻōpio, nā kumu aʻo, nā alumni a me nā kākoʻo agtech i NextGen Expo. E hoʻokumu kēia hanana i kahi pāʻani STEM kūʻokoʻa e ʻimi ana i ke kikowaena o nā ʻenehana kikohoʻe a me ka mahiʻai.
"ʻO ka mahiʻai digital, ma kāna mau ʻano like ʻole, ʻo ia ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mahiʻai ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa," wahi a Ronald Turco, ke poʻo o ke Keʻena Agronomy o Purdue. "Me ka ulu nui o ka honua a me ka loli ʻana o ke aniau, ʻo nā mea hana e like me nā drones a me nā kaʻa unmanned ʻē aʻe e pono nui e hānai i ko mākou honua a kākoʻo i kā mākou mau mahiʻai."
He manuahi ka hele ʻana i nā hanana me ka hoʻopaʻa inoa mua ma https://ag.purdue.edu/agBOT/.