Benjamin Zirps is a skilled mechanical engineer with extensive experience in both academic and industry settings. Currently, Benjamin holds a position at Bloomfield Robotics, where responsibilities include mechanical engineering tasks. Previous roles include serving as a project assistant at Carnegie Mellon University for the Tomato Gantry Project, contributing to the design and assembly of autonomous systems, and developing convolutional neural networks for image classification at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. Benjamin's educational background includes a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester, complemented by various internships that highlight a robust foundation in both mechanical design and data analysis.
Bloomfield Robotics
Bloomfield combines custom hardware with computer vision and deep learning to deliver crop assessments that enhance growers’ understanding of every plant.