Grain Weevil robot takes grain bin safety to new heights The American Farm Bureau Federation has recognized Chad and Ben Johnson of Nebraska for designing a robot called "Grain Weevil" to lower ...

Weevils are grain devouring pests farmers don't want to see in their storage bins.But they may actually welcome a robotic one. "We call this the Grain Weevil because it scurries across the top of the ...

AURORA, Neb. — Chad and Ben Johnson can envision a day in the not too distant future when a farmer puts a robot into a bin to level the grain inside. As the farmer goes about other business on the ...

Each year, dozens of American farmers are injured or killed after they climb into a grain bin. A father-son duo from Aurora founded their company, Grain Weevil, with one mission: No boots in the grain ...

Chad Johnson (left) laughs while chatting with mechanical engineer Cole Oswald adding parts to a robot. Photo by Lev Gringauz/Silicon Prairie News In the late 2010s, observers of Nebraska’s startup ...

This segment features Chad Johnson, Ben Johnson and Zane Zents, founders of Grain Weevil. This segment features Chad Johnson, Ben Johnson and Zane Zents, founders of Grain Weevil in Aurora, NE.

TO AGRICULTURE. NOW, A LOCAL INVENTION IS TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF FARMERS BY DOING THE DIRTY WORK. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MARY REGLI SHOWS US HOW. FARM LIFE HOLDS A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES AND ...

LINCOLN, Neb. – Two University of Nebraska engineering students have been awarded a Lemelson- MIT Student Prize for their invention designed to keep grain farmers safe. Seniors Ben Johnson, an ...

Grain storage on the farm remains an important but dangerous task. To preserve quality means someone physically has to climb into bins to check, and on family farms teenagers are often tasked with the ...