CTV News: U of M professor develops robot that uses AI to help with farming

A Manitoba professor has developed a robot that uses engineering and artificial intelligence to help improve agriculture and harvesting in the province. Dr. Jay Wang, an assistant professor in the engineering department at the University of Manitoba, has developed a prototype farm robot with help from the students at the Robot Autonomy Lab that can be used for agriculture tasks. “I prefer to develop technology that’s applicable to the real-world environment,” Dr. Wang said. “The agriculture sector is big in our province, so I want to develop a robotic solution to boost productivity in agriculture.”

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