Research
Low-cost cameras could be sensors to remotely monitor crop stress
Researchers from CALS and COE, led by postdoctoral research scholar Paula Ramos-Giraldo, have worked together to construct a low-cost camera system to monitor crop stress remotely. Their StressCam will aid researchers, plant breeders and ultimately farmers.
Fewer cars mean more hand sanitizer
NC State partners with Novozymes to make a product once taken for granted – hand sanitizer.
‘Artificial chemist’ combines AI, robotics to conduct autonomous R&D
Combining AI and robotics to advance materials R&D and manufacturing.
Big data for better sweet potatoes
An interdisciplinary team led by Cranos Williams is setting out on a three-year project to use artificial intelligence to make sweet potatoes even more profitable. The team will image hundreds of thousands of sweet potatoes to increase the percentage of sweet potatoes grown that are USDA grade 1.
Researchers incorporate computer vision, uncertainty into AI for robotic prosthetics
New software aims to improve robotic prosthetics.
Controlling artificial cilia with magnetic fields and light
Researchers have made remotely-controlled, artificial cilia that bend into new shapes, then return to their original shape.
NC State partners with CESMII to promote ‘smart’ technologies in paper manufacturing, other industries
NC State and the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) have launched the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center (SMIC) to provide new opportunities for the paper industry and academia to facilitate their digital transformation, Industrial Internet of Things, and analytical innovation initiatives.
Researchers receive NSF grant to track novel coronavirus in wastewater
Wastewater monitoring for novel coronavirus could help provide early warning of outbreaks.
What they’re trained for
Biomedical engineers at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State respond to COVID-19 by teaming to speed the development of an emergency ventilator.
Inspired by cheetahs, researchers build fastest soft robots yet
Inspired by the biomechanics of cheetahs, researchers have developed a faster soft robot.