EMU AGROBOTIX team from the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) will be competing in the finals of the Teknofest TRNC 2025 organized by the Türkiye Technology Team (T3) to be held at the old terminal building of Ercan Airport between the dates of 1-4 May 2025. EMU is among the institutional stakeholders of this year’s event.
EMU AGROBOTIX team supervised by EMU Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering academic staff member Prof. Dr. Qasim Zeeshan will participate in Agriculture category of TEKNOFEST TRNC 2025 Research Project Competition with their project titled “Akıllı Tarım için Hibrit Mobilite AGROBOT / Hybrid Mobility AGROBOT for Smart Agriculture”.
The project aimed to develop an AGROBOT with a quadcopter setup that can both roll and fly, offering omnidirectional functionality, and capable of conducting health monitoring of agricultural products from a 360-degree angle.
In their remarks, EMU AGROBOTIX Team said; “Northern Cyprus is renowned for its olive and citrus trees. However, farmers face challenges such as a lack of mechanization, labor shortages, soil drought, pests, and plant diseases. The goal of the proposed project is to address these issues by providing solutions. Our objective is to offer smart farming solutions to local producers who grow large quantities of agricultural products like olives and citrus for the production of fruit juices, pastes, jams, olives, and olive oil”.
EMU AGROBOTIX team is composed of EMU Mechanical Engineering PhD student and team leader Osinachi Mbah, EMU Mechatronics Engineering Department student Murtada Mohamed Abdelbadie Mohamed, EMU Software Engineering Department student Muhammad Umar, EMU Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department PhD student Oussama El Salibi, EMU Mechanical Engineering PhD student Ayşegül Gazioğlu and EMU Mechatronics Engineering Department graduate Abdulmalik Asmaeil Mansour Bileid.