We are very pleased to announce the sixth issue of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics: AgriFoRwArdS Newsletter! To view the October 2021 edition of our newsletter simply click here (please note, a PDF version can be provided on request) You can also view all our previous newsletters in the Newsletter Archive. […]
AgriFoRwArdS CDT Director, Prof Marc Hanheide, attended the Fruit Focus 2021 event held at NIAB EMR in July. Fruit focus is a technical event for the UK fruit industry, providing opportunity to give and get updates on the latest technologies available in the sector, as well as a fantastic networking opportunity. Marc, alongside others from […]
At Clock House Farm the robots are taking over. Clock House is a fruit farm, growing strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, apples, pears and plums on 330 hectares to the south of Coxheath in Kent. Like many fruit producers, Managing Director Oli Pascall is finding it challenging to get enough staff to pick the crops. So he’s […]
The University of Lincoln’s Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) is hosting the Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference 2021, with the support of the AgriFoRwArdS CDT. The conference, being held online on 8th, 9th and 10th September 2021, offers a friendly environment for robotics researchers and industry to take stock and plan future progress. It […]
The AgriFoRwArdS team have been working hard over the last three months to pull together the next issue of the AgriFoRwArdS Newsletter. Input from the community has been fantastic, which has made for an interesting and dynamic read! The newsletter has also had a bit of a cosmetic overhaul, so we hope you enjoy. To […]