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RESOURCE

Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World


September 2005 - VOL. 12 NO. 7

FEATURES

FOCUS ON AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY

Automated Instrumentation Sorts Grain Kernels and Insects ... 3

Latest Agricultural Robots and Traceability Information Based on Robotic Agriculture ... 3

Automated Online Poultry Safety Inspection Tested ... 4

Intelligent Pesticide Spraying Aims for Tree Target ... 5

Robot Picks Cucumbers in a Greenhouse ... 6

Unloading Automation Implemented in Grain Industry ... 7

Detecting Fluid Change in Liquid Piping Systems ... 7

Unmanned Robot Tractor Uses RTK-GPS and Attitude Sensor ... 7

High-Efficiency, Low-Cost, Portable Electrostatic Sampler Catches Airborne Bacteria, Viruses, and Spores ... 8

Robot Synergy: A Marriage of Engineering and Biology ... 9

Modular Design Makes Smart Transducers Plug-and-Play Possible ... 9

High-Tech Farm Automation for Solid Desert Wood Production ... 10

Agricultural Robots Lead the Way ... 11

Automated Soil Mapping On-the-Go ...12

One way of making precision agriculture more precise

Automating the Detection of Mastitis ...13

Sensing and End-Effector for a Robotic Tomato Harvester ...13

Weeding Robot is Autonomous ...14

At Early Growth Stages: Machine Vision-Based Automated Corn Plant Population and Spacing Measurement ...15

Nanotechnology ...15
The possibilities of a new science

INSIDE ASAE

Calling All Mentors ... 17
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A Word From the President ... 18
Would You Go If They Paid You?

ASABE Career Center New Member Benefit ... 19

New Look for Member-Only Homepage ... 19

Virginia Tech Receives Award ... 19

Mark Your Calendars for Portland, Ore. ... 19

Preprofessionals ... 20
Four Scholarships Awarded to Outstanding ASABE Student Members

A Special Anniversary Salute to our Longtime ASABE Members ... 21

Member News ... 21
Leroy K. Pickett,
Calvin B. Parnell

CSBE/SCGAB Fellows Elected in 2005 ... 22

CSBE/SCGAB Names 2005 Award Winners ... 23

Welcome New Members ... 24

Cooperative Standards Program ... 25

DEPARTMENTS

Events Calendar ... inside front cover

Personnel Service ... 2

Advertisers Index ... 2

Professional Listings ... 28

Last Word (reader opinion) - Wanted: Ergonomically Acceptable Alternatives ... 29

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