April 4th, 2023 – Fixposition joins IoT4Ag, the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture an NSF Engineering Research Center, as a member of the Industrial Practitioner Advisory Board(IPAB). IoT4Ag unites faculty and students from the University of Pennsylvania, Purdue University, the University of California Merced, and the University of Florida with industry and government partners to transform agriculture toward sustainable, high-output precision agriculture.
Center Director Dr. Cherie Kagan, the Stephen J.Angello Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering and the Associate Dean for Research for Penn Engineering, describes IoT4Ag’s role as “Creating new technology to meet the challenges of a world with a growing population and changing climate. We must produce more food and fiber with every drop of water and every joule of energy used in agriculture. The IPAB plays a vital role in helping shape the strategic directions for our research efforts.”
Steven S. Weiner, Industry Liaison Officer for IoT4Ag and Senior Director of Innovation & Technology for Penn Engineering, said: “Developing successful precision agriculture technology will not only help us solve pressing global food needs, but it will also stimulate agriculture as a major new market for precise geo-location and the other underlying technologies. Precise location awareness is a critical element of our research strategy – and can be challenging in agricultural environments”.
Zhenzhong Su, CEO of Fixposition, added: “Fixposition is glad to contribute our expertise in precise positioning domain to the IoT4Ag community and develop solutions towards unmet ag-tech industry needs. IoT4Ag is creating platforms and technologies that will enable top research universities, industry leaders, and pioneering innovators to work together with a common vision toward building solutions.”
About IoT4Ag: To learn more about IoT4Ag and its Industrial Practitioner Advisory Board, please visit www.iot4ag.us
About Fixposition: Fixposition is a Swiss company developing high-precision global positioning solutions, combing computer vision techniques and satellite navigation to deliver accuracy in open field and in GNSS challenging environments. The technology is a key enabler for the mass-market adoption of autonomous solutions. Fixposition provides “Precise Global Position Everywhere ™”. More at www.fixposition.com
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