Ben Johnson

Co-Founder/CIO of Grain Weevil Corporation

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

Big news! Grain Weevil is launching our first-ever production robot package. For a limited time, farmers near a BinAssist partner can reserve theirs today for a September 2025 delivery. Visit https://t.co/MYCvyK5Lro and get your robot that can do the work no human should.

[U.S. National Science Foundation @NSF]

#NSFSBIR @Grain_Weevil is keeping farmers safe with a life-saving robot that keeps humans out of dangerous confinements like grain bins. A father-son duo designed a robot that can break up crusts and level, inspect, feed and map grain.

https://t.co/NPHbkCOC55

📷 Saturn's Lens

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

Introducing the Grain Weevil BinAssist Network. This fall, our partners throughout the Midwest will be ready to come to your farm and provide robots-as-a-service for leveling, grain maintenance, and crust breakups. We would like to introduce our first partner, Biosphere Autonomy.

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

We are looking for Midwest Ag retailers who are interested in expanding their service offerings by adding their own BinAssist Services during the fall and spring seasons! Recruiting service providers in Eastern Nebraska, Southern Minnesota, Eastern Illinois/Western Indiana areas.

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

Grain Weevil is now offering limited services! While we complete our robot development and production, our services will enable you to take advantage of the Grain Weevil benefits before you can own one of your own. https://t.co/dJQA9alvB6

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

Grain Weevil 2023 Recap: Pre-Production Robots Put to the Test

[The Combine @NebraskaCombine]

Congratulations to @Grain_Weevil for being selected as the Nebraska Business Development Center's 2022 Innovation Business of the Year!! It has been so fun to watch Grain Weevil develop from a concept to where it is today. We are very proud of this team!

https://t.co/qLebjY0vux

[Ben Johnson @johnson35ben]

@dbatie CARROT is the closest I’ve found to Dark Sky

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

Thanks to everyone who has voted - we made it to the Final Four of the Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska contest! Please go vote again: https://t.co/bDez1Qge7z - then visit our website https://t.co/MYCvyK5Lro to learn more about our "No Boots in the Grain" mission.

[Invest Nebraska @InvestNebraska]

Vote for @IncisionVirtual and @Grain_Weevil in the 'Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska' contest by the NE Manufacturing Alliance!

Cast your vote today to help Virtual Incision and Grain Weevil make it to the second round of the bracket!

https://t.co/IkVZSzVyVn

[Nebraska Farm Bureau @NEFarmBureau]

Congratulations @Grain_Weevil on winning the @FarmBureau Ag Innovation Challenge! And congratulations to Birds Eye for being named the runner up! We also want to congratulate @SeeMarbleTech for making the Final Four.

[Ben Johnson @johnson35ben]

@Grain_Weevil @FarmBureau @LemelsonMIT @NebEngineering @mtobiasNE @NewsregisterANR

[Ben Johnson @johnson35ben]

If you like robots, take 1 minute and vote Grain Weevil for #AFBF22 People’s Choice Award!

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

We are excited to be a part of the @FarmBureau Ag Innovation Challenge. Please enjoy our 2021 highlight video the go vote for us in the People's Choice award: https://t.co/lWXQtTGEZ6

[Nebraska Farm Bureau @NEFarmBureau]

@Grain_Weevil is one of the 2022 @FarmBureau Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge Top 10 entrepreneurs to compete for startup fund this week.
Help them win the People's Choice Award by voting at https://t.co/ddSYB4dlQx starting January 8 at 8 a.m. CT. https://t.co/Csj1LTTjhi

[Steve White @stevewhitenews]

Remember the @Grain_Weevil (https://t.co/NBYj7FIumr)? Now they’re up for Farm Bureau Innovation challenge and you can vote for them

[Mike Tobias @mtobiasNE]

Meet the Grain Weevil. A remote-controlled robot that levels grain and keeps farmers safe. Created by two @NebEngineering students who just won an national prize for their invention.
More in this @UNLNews story: https://t.co/MzQ7WDGkzP

#WhatIfNebraska

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

https://t.co/hjqukLxKmG -- Here is the Grain Weevil #StudentPrize video!

[Ben Johnson @johnson35ben]

Rural innovation is alive in Nebraska. Thanks @LemelsonMIT for the great honor and opportunity. #StudentPrize

[Lemelson-MIT Program @LemelsonMIT]

#WorldIPDay is the perfect time to announce the 2021 #StudentPrize winners! This year’s cohort have inventions that address pregnancy complications, market losses in agriculture, obstacles impeding smooth patient recoveries, & more. Congrats to winners! https://t.co/zqcygHCbDJ.

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

Honored. Humbled. Excited. @johnson35ben and @GrainWeevilZane have been selected as #StudentPrize winners in the Eat It! category by @LemelsonMIT. #AgTech

[The Combine @NebraskaCombine]

"Design a robot so I never have to go into a grain bin again."

Grain bins are extremely dangerous places for farmers of all ages - The Grain Weevil was built to save lives.
#FarmSafety #GrainBinSafety #agtech