Pitch #1: "Economic Feasibility of Robotic Apple Harvesting: A Scenario-Based Decision Tool for Gala ,and Honeycrisp" by R. Karina Gallardo - Washington State University-School of Economic Sciences

Pitch #2: "Stopping on an Invisible Fault: Runtime Assurance for Autonomous Specialty-Crop Robots" by Tracy Tanovich - Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (University of Florida)

Pitch #3: "Potential of Object Detection for Yield Mapping in Shake-and-Catch Harvesting Systems: Lessons from Tart Cherry and Future Applications in Pistachio" by Anderson Safre - UC ANR

Pitch #4: "Design, Integration, and Evaluation of a Tree Pruning Robot for Planar-Canopy Fruit Trees" by Martin Churuvija - Washington State University

Pitch #5: "Seeing Every Tree: Per-Tree Orchard Intelligence at Commercial Scale" by Hayden Feddock - Bright Blossom Technologies / Carnegie Mellon University

Pitch #6: "Real Time Biological Control of Strawberry Pests with a Variable Rate End Effector" by Uchechukwu Ilodibe - University of Florida

Pitch #7: "Robotic Apple Fruitlet Thinning in Orchards through Selective Peduncle Cutting" by Ranjan Sapkota - Cornell University

Pitch #8: "Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle Sprayer for Modern Orchard Systems" by Dattatray Bhalekar - Washington State University

Explore the latest breakthroughs in agricultural robotics and digital agriculture through a dynamic series of Lightning Talks led by researchers, universities, and academic consortia. Each short presentation highlights cutting-edge projects, emerging technologies, and scientific insights shaping the future of farming.