Growmach, Tractor, Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Fair brought together the international agricultural machinery industry in Anfaş Fair Center, Antalya, between 10-14 October 2023.

Within the scope of the fair, the Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Project/Design Competition is organized in cooperation with the Agricultural Machinery Association (TARMAKDER) and Turkish Agricultural Equipment and Machinery Manufacturers Association (TARMAKBİR). Asst. Prof. Dr. Ömer Ertuğrul and graduate student of Department of Biosystems Engineering Emrah Saka participated to the competition with the Autonomous Hoeing Robot (HoeBot) Project.

Our University was successfully represented with the autonomous hoeing robot project, which was shown among the projects worth exhibiting with the highest score as a result of the reviews of the evaluation board consisting of private sector representatives and academicians. The certificate of achievement was presented by the Chairman of the Administrative Board of Agricultural Machinery Association/Academic Staff of Akdeniz University Department of Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Prof. Dr. Can Ertekin to our student Emrah Saka.