The University of Lincoln’s Lincoln Agri Robotics (LAR) team, including AgriFoRwArdS CDT Director Marc Hanheide, attended the AI & Robotics Research Awards in London this month. Marc was joined by AgriFoRwArdS Co-Investigator Simon Pearson, AgriFoRwArdS Primary Supervisors Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons and Riccardo Polvara, and PDRA Rajitha de Silva. The AI & Robotics Research Awards, sponsored […]
The Lincolnshire Farming Conference 2025 took place on the 13th February at the Lincolnshire Showground, this year the focus was on inspiring the next generation. The event brought together an exciting selection of speakers to answer the question, ‘in times of significant change and an ageing demographic of farmers, how can we inspire the next […]
Roopika Ravikanna was one of the very first students to join AgriFoRwArdS, and she has now reached the next milestone in her PhD journey, having just submitted her PhD thesis! As part of our celebration of the fabulous women in our community, we asked Roopika to tell us all about her inspiring PhD research, which […]
By Robert Stevenson… What an exciting time we had at the Lincolnshire Showground for the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society’s Agricultural Careers Event. With 700 secondary school students, aged 13-18, attending the Lincolnshire Showground from schools across Lincolnshire, ready to explore and gain some real insight into the diverse world of agricultural careers. Amongst the impressive array […]
2024 has been a year full of exciting opportunities, remarkable research, and interesting activities. To celebrate the wonderful achievements of our students and supervisors, we look back at just a few of the highlights of the year. January At the start of the year the AgriFoRwArdS Students all travelled to Lincoln to take part in […]