This month, the Washington State Cougars face off on the gridiron against their arch-rival, the Washington Huskies. The winner receives the coveted Apple Cup and bragging rights in the Pacific Northwest.
However, Manoj Karkee, Ph.D., an associate professor of biological systems engineering at Washington State, is focused on apple orchards instead of football fields this time of the year. He’s developing a robotic system for picking apples.