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Worm-like, soil-swimming robots to measure crop underworld – Cornell Chronicle
A Cornell project funded by two separate three-year grants will develop worm-like, soil-swimming robots to sense and record soil properties, water, the soil microbiome…
Crop scientists over the years have learned a great deal about how plants grow above the ground, but much less is known about roots and their soil interactions.
Now, a Cornell project funded by two separate three-year grants will develop worm-like, soil-swimming robots to sense and record soil properties, water, the soil microbiome and how roots grow.
A $2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant led by principal investigator (PI) Taryn Bauerle, an associate professor in the Horticulture…
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