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Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, April 11 from 12 to 1 p.m. All Research Park events are free; however, registration is required to ensure that we have adequate seating and food for all participants.
For our April meetup, we will hear from Michael McGuire, Lead Computer Vision Engineer at EarthSense, Inc. Michael will present - "Five Years at EarthSense: AI and Vision in Agriculture"
EarthSense emerged as a response to several demands in the fields of agriculture and sustainability. Labor shortages, unsustainable farming practices, and climate change all pose threats to the future of global agriculture and the health of the environment. To remedy this, EarthSense has developed robotic solutions for high-throughput plant phenotyping, covercrop planting, fertilizer application, and more. At this event, Michael will focus on the challenges of achieving precise field monitoring and robot autonomy in outdoor environments, and the role of AI and computer vision in this endeavor. Join us as Michael, the Lead Computer Vision Engineer, reflects on five years of developing vision solutions, the progress their team has made, the lessons they've learned, and their plans for the future.
In this talk, Michael will describe the TerraSentia robot and how their team developed their state-of-the-art phenotyping algorithms. Next he will cover the challenges and solutions as they shifted towards autonomy for TerraPreta, their covercropping robot, and TerraMax, their oil palm fertilization robot. After that, Michael will provide a glimpse at their future plans for autonomy, generalized perception, and general-purpose outdoor robotics. Throughout the talk, Michael will demonstrate the central role of AI and innovation in their development. Finally, Michael will share the lessons learned over five years of developing these solutions, and his recommendations for best practices in deploying AI in the real world.
Welcome to "Working with AI" - a meetup group for anyone in the Champaign-Urbana area interested in exploring the exciting field of Artificial Intelligence and its real-world applications. Our group aims to provide a platform for learning, networking, and collaboration among individuals and organizations working with AI or looking to get started in this field. We welcome anyone interested in learning more about AI, including students, professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts. Whether you're just starting or have years of experience working with AI, this group is for you. Our primary goal is to foster a community of AI enthusiasts and experts where we can share knowledge, exchange ideas, and collaborate on AI-related projects. We aim to cover a broad range of topics related to AI, including machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, robotics, and more.
Check out the Meetup Page with more information: https://www.meetup.com/cu-data-ai/ Interested in joining other peer-sharing groups about tech and entrepreneurialism? Be sure to check out our other monthly meetup groups here.
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