DIRECTORY / RESEARCHER
Stavros Vougioukas
Bio
Professor in UC Davis Biological and Agricultural Engineering, working on agricultural robotics and mechanization for specialty crops (FRAIL-bots harvest aids, robotic orchard platform); co-led the ~$1M USDA RAPID project on per-plant irrigation via robotic emitters.
Regional connection
Led the RAPID project (Robot-Assisted Precision Irrigation and Diagnostics), tested in Central and Napa Valley vineyards.