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The Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Punjab recently claimed students from its school of electronics and electrical engineering have developed a new machine for cotton picking that will offer farmers respite from hand picking. The machine, which automatically picks cotton balls from the plant, drastically reduces the labour involved and expedites the process.
The innovation was recently showcased at the 'Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge' (TI IICDC-19) where LPU students won the ‘Second Technical Innovation Award', according to a statement from the university.
"The machine developed by LPU students uses an object detection system to detect cotton with the help of a robotic arm and vacuum pump to pick the cotton ball from the plant and can be a worthy replacement for this age-old process," LPU said.
The students are now trying to apply this technology for other vegetables as well in hydroponics agriculture, a news agency cited the university statement as saying.
The team was headed by D Dilip Kumar and mentored by Professor Anil Rawat. Other team members were Yenethala Syamalarao, Uppada Koteswar Rao, Kasthuri Bhanu Prakash, Ganta Tharun Reddy and Bollampalli Sai Kiran.
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The Lovely Professional University in Punjab has claimed students from its school of electronics and electrical engineering have developed a new machine for cotton picking that will offer farmers respite from hand picking. The machine, which automatically picks cotton balls from the plant, drastically reduces the labour involved and expedites the process.