Farmers have acres of fields to look after, and it can be hard to spot an insect infestation before crops endure significant damage. What if a robot could help?

That’s a question computer science Professor Gary Holness and his students are tackling in Clark’s robotics lab, the Laboratory for Intelligent Perceptual Systems.

A lot of the work being done isn’t covered in any textbooks, Holness says. “This is hands-on learning and the discovery process in its purest form.”

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📸 Adrian Ramirez ’25, and Richard Geli, M.A. ’25, work in Clark’s robotics lab.