FIRA Robotics Village | August 11–13, 2026 | Penn State University
IoT4Ag brought robotics and sensor technologies to Ag Progress Days to demonstrate some of the
Center’s work and to talk with growers, industry and government representatives, and others working
in agriculture.
Highlights
IoT4Ag Advisory Board Member, Josh Bailey, shares his experience with new technologies
as the Farm Technology Manager of KC Bailey Orchards.
Read Bailey’s IoT4Ag Voices: Getting Started with Precision Ag.
Researchers, Jonathan Diller and Akhila Mallavarapu, share IoT4Ag’s work on robots being
designed to autonomously collect data, including from IoT4Ag’s leaf sensor research, which is being
further developed by the new spin-off Vividence Labs.
Pennsylvania Senator Elder Vogel, Jr. examines leaf sensor prototypes at the IoT4Ag table.
IoT4Ag Advisory Board Member, James Ladlee, State Program Leader for Emerging &
Advanced Technology for Penn State Extension shares his thoughts on IoT4Ag.
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