Anand Pothula

Dr. Anand Pothula is a researcher affiliated with the School of Agriculture and Environmental Science at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ). His work focuses on agricultural engineering, automation, and control systems, with a particular emphasis on technological innovations for farming efficiency and sustainability.

• BTechAgEng from ANGRAU
• MTech from Indian IT
• PhD from Indian IT

His research spans advanced agricultural engineering applications, including:

• Design of end effectors for fruit picking
• Development of automatic plant monitoring systems for vertical farming
• Implementation of UAV swarms in broad-acre farming
• Multi-sensor systems for on-the-go nitrogen fertilizer application
• Tractor automation with infield human interaction studies

Dr. Pothula operates from the Toowoomba Campus and collaborates with the Centre for Agricultural Engineering (CAE) at UniSQ.