RIoT Labs
Overview
RIoT Labs helps entrepreneurs and organizations develop, test, and bring emerging technologies to market. Working within the Wireless Research Center, it connects innovators with technical expertise and commercialization partners. Its agricultural work includes The Source, a smart agriculture testbed in Wilson, North Carolina. Greenhouses and high tunnels give growers, technology developers, researchers, and educators a place to explore crops, growing methods, and agricultural technologies. Project and facility support depends on fit, eligibility, scheduling, and costs.
What they do
Smart agriculture testbed
Runs a greenhouse and high-tunnel testbed in Wilson, North Carolina, where agtech startups, growers, and researchers trial sensors, AI, data tools, autonomous equipment, crops, and growing methods in real conditions.
Connected-device engineering
Provides prototyping, technology validation, radio-frequency testing, and device certification support for connected-device startups, including agtech companies, through the Wireless Research Center.
Technology learning resources
Shares educational resources and recordings on connected technology, AI, and business development, and arranges hands-on smart agriculture learning through institutional partners.
Programs and services
Locations
- Office address RIoT contact office, 509 W. North Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, United States
- Program address RIoT Labs, 310 S. Harrington Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, United States
- Host office address Wireless Research Center, 3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 101, Wake Forest, NC 27587, United States
- Program address RIoT Wilson / Gig East Exchange, 127 Goldsboro Street S, Wilson, NC 27893, United States
- Program address RIoT Virginia, 2143 Richmond Highway, Stafford, VA 22554, United States