PCC holds space for Team 18029’s weed-killing device
By DRAEDON LEDBETTER
Pima Community College has started a partnership with the University of Arizona’s ENGR 498 class.
UA Engineering needed more space to work, which meant moving the initiative moved its operation to the Mechatronics lab at the Downtown campus.
The capstone project that Team 18029 has been working on is a weed-killing device.
The weed-killing device uses a pneumatic punch which pinches and can drill holes to kill to weeds and increase crop production.
The device identifies weeds through its manual operation as well as a camera positioned on its surface as of right now the machine is operational.
The pneumatic punch will position itself over the weed and stomp it. Its overall purpose is to work in shaping the new frontier of agricultural technology.
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