A rumbling robot and several high-flying drones recently made an on-site appearance at Clemson University to burrow through and buzz above 15 acres of experimental sorghum plots containing more than 2,800 replicated entries. The space-age devices – conceived and constructed by The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and commercial company Near Earth Autonomy – are part of a collaborative project with Clemson University and other partners designed to significantly enhance the ease and frequency