Farm Robotics Challenge

Industry Engagement Opportunities

 

Sponsor the brightest young ag robotic developers as they create real-world solutions. Showcasing engineering, computer science, and critical thinking ability, student teams will program a farm robot to perform and automate an essential farm function on any crop or farm size using the Farm-Ng robotics platform with real-life farm automation challenges led by the University of California.

• Up to 10 teams from top agriculture and robotics universities in the U.S.
• Leverages commercial technology and an open software and hardware platform to work towards market-ready solutions.
• An exciting project to attract students to robotics careers in agriculture.
• Aimed at creating a collaborative community of young robotics engineers Solutions aimed at appropriate technology for farms of all sizes.
• Sponsors participate in a vital AgTech workforce development program.

 

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Click here to complete a short sponsorship form, and we will follow up with more information.

 

Sponsorship Levels

 

• Universal Challenge Sponsor: $70,000 (1 available)
  • Top-level sponsor for the challenge in all digital, print, and on-site media
  • Sponsorship of all teams at all participating universities
  • Challenge judging seat 
  • Access to all university student profiles electing to share
  • 10 tickets to FIRA USA and robot demonstration
  • Mentorship opportunities across all university teams
  • Prominent sticker placement on every robot in the challenge
     
• Demonstration Sponsor: $40,000 (1 Available)

  •  Sponsorship of all four winning teams 

  • Sticker placement on all winning robots

  • Recognition on all digital, print, and on-site signage as the demonstration sponsor

  • Mentorship opportunities across all winning teams

  • Access to all university student profiles electing to share

  • 6 tickets to FIRA USA and robot demonstration
      

• University or team sponsor (cost varies)

  • Universities are looking for sponsors to help them purchase loaned robots and build more extensive applications - we can facilitate connections based on your location, crop specialty, organization mission, etc, and can offer recognition on challenge media and tickets to FIRA USA and robot demonstration event
     

• Grand Prize Sponsor: $12,000 (1 Available)

  • 2023 Grand Prize naming privileges

  • Prominent sticker placement on Grand Prize-winning robot

  • Recognition on all digital, print, and on-site signage as the Grand Prize sponsor

  • Sponsorship of Grand Prize-winning team

  • Mentorship opportunities for Grand Prize-winning team

  • Access to all university student profiles electing to share

  • 4 tickets to FIRA USA and robot demonstration

 

• Category Prize Sponsor: $6,000 (3 Available)

  •  2023 Category Prize naming privileges for chosen category

  • Prominent sticker placement on Category Prize-winning robot for chosen category

  • Recognition on all digital, print, and on-site signage as the Category Prize sponsor for chosen category

  • Sponsorship of Category Prize-winning team for chosen category

  • Mentorship opportunities for Category Prize-winning team for chosen category

  • Access to all university student profiles electing to share

  • 2 tickets to FIRA USA and robot demonstration 

 

Sponsorship packages can be customized to your organization’s needs.

 

For more information, contact Lucie Cahierre, lcahierre@ucanr.edu