Upcoming Webinar: AI & Advanced Robotics in CEA

By Resource Innovation Institute|July 3, 2025
Robot harvesting greenhouse tomatoes

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On Wednesday, July 30, from 12-1 p.m. EST, Resource Innovation Institute (RII) and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab will host a free webinar session: AI & Advanced Robotics in CEA – Separating Hype from Reality.

This webinar is a part of The CEA Accelerator, an initiative funded by the Department of Energy (DOE), and will feature insights from our soon-to-be-released Best Practice Guide on AI & Robotics. It’s designed to help growers, operators, and developers understand where automation is delivering results today—and how to prepare for what’s ahead.

Featured speakers include:

  • Shreyas Kousik, Ph.D., assistant professor at Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
  • Kendra Armstrong, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO of Crop Convergence
  • Moderated by Rob Eddy, horticulturist for RII

For more information and to register for this upcoming webinar, go here: http://bit.ly/401P2iq.

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Resource Innovation Institute (RII) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance resource efficiency to cultivate a better agricultural future. Founded in 2016 in Portland, OR, RII’s Board of Directors includes the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), a former Energy Policy Advisor to two Oregon governors, a former board member of the U.S. Green Building Council and leading cannabis industry players. The organization has unique expertise on intelligence, policy and education related to energy use in controlled environment agriculture (CEA). See all author stories here.