ONE WEEK TRAINING COURSE OF AGROMECHATRONICS FOR FOREIGNER AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS
ONE WEEK TRAINING COURSE OF AGROMECHATRONICS FOR FOREIGNER AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS
The short course for getting acquainted with academic discipline of “AgroMechatronics” from 8 to 13 February was held for Agricultural students of JAME University-Herat (Afghanestan) in Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University. The course content was divided into three parts: theory, practice and visit, which are as follows. Time schedule of the whole program can be downloaded from the link given below.
Course goals:
- To familiarize all students of agriculture with agro-mechatronics.
- Introducing new and intelligent systems in modern agriculture.
- Applying new concepts such as artificial intelligence and neural network in identifying and diagnosing plant diseases and food quality.
Academic level of course
participants and prerequisite concepts:
The concepts of this course are designed to apply to all
undergraduate agricultural students with basic knowledge of agricultural science
and agricultural basics.
Course content:
The course is designed in three parts: theory, practice
and visit.
Course of Theory: Applied theory concepts including familiarizing students with the
automation of industrial equipment, agriculture, food industry and pneumatic
and hydraulic components of automated control systems, proximity sensors,
controllers, robotics in agriculture, artificial intelligence and Hyperspectral
Imaging in quality assessment of agricultural products and food.
Practical Course: Practical work in advanced and equipped Agro-mechatronics
lab, visiting agricultural equipment factory, visiting large mechanized fields
(e.g., visiting Agro-industry Complex of Dashtanaz)
Visiting plan: Visiting the cultural and touristic centers of Mazandaran province
Time Schedule: The schedule of the one-week training course is presented in the following table.
