Agrotis robotractor unit with metal cage wheels for better movement across rice paddies. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
ASST. Prof. Anthony James Bautista, the acting assistant dean of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Faculty of Engineering, presented his project, "Agrotis: The Global Positioning System (GPS)-Guided Hand Tractor Robot for Rice Farming Applications," on February 23, as a webinar speaker for the Smart Farming Technology Research Centre (SFTRC) of the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).