** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** PRECISION AGRICULTURE HOLDS IMMENSE POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVING FARMING PRACTICES, BUT CURRENT METHODS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING CROPS ARE OFTEN OUTDATED AND LABOR-INTENSIVE. OUR PROJECT AIMS TO ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE BY DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE SYSTEM FOR 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF FARMING ENVIRONMENTS. LED BY A TEAM OF EXPERTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, AND NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY,WE WILL DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND FIELD-TEST AN UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE (UGV) EQUIPPED WITH ADVANCED IMAGING CAPABILITIES. BY AUTONOMOUSLY CAPTURING IMAGES FROM VARIOUS CAMERA ANGLES, THE UGV WILL ENABLE FARMERS, AGRONOMISTS, AND ROBOTICISTS TO CREATE VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) ENVIRONMENTS OF FARMS, ALLOWING THEM TO VISUALIZE AND INTERACT WITH THEIR CROPS IN 3D.THIS INNOVATIVE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW USERS TO SPECIFY VARIOUS PARAMETERS SUCH AS CROP TYPE, TIME OF DAY, AND SEASON, AND THE VR ENVIRONMENT WILL BE ABLE TO EMULATE TIME, GENERATING DYNAMIC 3D SCENES REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE OF CROPS. WE ENVISION THREE MAIN APPLICATION AREAS FOR THIS PROJECT: FIRST, PROVIDING A COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR ROBOTS AND SENSORS USED IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE, THUS FACILITATING TESTING AND DEPLOYMENT OF ROBOTIC SYSTEMS IN REAL-WORLD FARMING ENVIRONMENTS; SECOND, OFFERING A NON-INVASIVE TOOL FOR PHENOTYPING IN PLANT BREEDING AND PRECISION AGRICULTURE THROUGH AUTOMATED 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF ENTIRE PLANTS AND FARMS; AND THIRD, ENABLING REMOTE WORK FOR BREEDERS AND AGRONOMISTS BY PROVIDING ACCURATE 3D REPRESENTATIONS OF FARMING ENVIRONMENTS.THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH FARMERS AND INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS, OUR PROJECT AIMS TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGIES. BY PROVIDING NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING CROPS, WE HOPE TO IMPROVE FARM PRODUCTIVITY, EFFICIENCY, AND SUSTAINABILITY, ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTING TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY.