Hello My name is Dan Flippo and I am an associate professor for Kansas State University Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department. I have had 10 years of industry experience at Cessna aircraft and John Deere and my research at the University of Oklahoma was in planetary robotic exploration and wheel to soil interaction.
I came to KSU in 2013 and I hope to retire from this wonderful place many years from now.
I am a PhD student from Bangladesh working at the 2050 robotics lab at Kansas State University under supervision of prof. Dan Flippo. I did my bachelor in Agricultural Engineering from Bangladesh and masters in Biosystems Engineering from Denmark. From my childhood, electronics is one of my favorite hobbies and I love to play with computers. I enjoy troubleshooting of diverse range of machinery. I am passionate about plants and trees. Therefore, I have chosen to join the 2050 robotics lab because this lab has perfect blend of robotics with agriculture. Here, I am mainly working for building up autonomous navigation system for our robots. To accomplish the task, I have to deal with different types of sensors as well as path planning algorithms in addition to kinematic analysis of robots.
This is Chetan Badgujar, a Ph.D. student at BAE K-State. I am from India and earned my B.Tech (Ag Engineering) & M.Tech (Farm Machinery & Power Engineering) from India. My stints in Ag Engineering helped me to develop an eye for detail, enhanced my problem-solving ability and analytical skills. Since then, I kept explorative attuite and curiosity towards agricultural automation, applied robotics & sensors and my passion to work in State-of-art lab brought me to the 2050RL lab at K-state. Here, I am currently working on ‘Multi-robot Farming on High Slope Hills or Uneven Terrain’ with an ultimate goal to boost global food security by 2050. I am involved in various modules; traction, power planter and Harvesting Module on our robots. I enjoy working in the 2050RL lab and goal is to excel in my academic career.
Calvin is working on a robot that carries an electromagnetic sensor across the soil. Because of this sensor, this robot cannot have many metal parts, so Calvin must use carbon fibre and plastic. Calvin is from Kansas City and has an undergrad in Mechanical Engineering.