SN Students show off AgBot challenge project

 

Kentland Rotary learns about agBOT Challenge

Seniors Lucas Clifford, Kurt Vissering and Alex Vitous along with South Newton teacher Drake Babcock showed off their agBOT Challenge project to the Kentland Rotary Club May 23. The South Newton/Purdue team took second in the competition and was awarded $30,000. The agBOT Challenge is a competition of teams to develop the most efficient unmanned crop seeder capable of planting two varieties of seed over half-mile-long rows, while providing real-time data utilizing a mobile tracking antenna. Participating teams, representing advanced robotics and agricultural research and development organizations, will develop the hardware, software, sensors, and human-machine control interfaces that enable their robots. PHOTO BY GREGORY MYERS