Paraguay SMART Farm Project: Adapting Origin Digital’s Contour Platform to the South American Climate
Agri-EPI Centre has been leading the Innovate UK-supported SMART Farm project in Paraguay since January 2018. It has involved partnering with a farming business to demonstrate UK agri-tech in the agricultural economy of Paraguay. The farming business, GVASA in San Pedro, spans 85,000 hectares and incorporates cattle, maize, soybean and rice production enterprises. This phase […]
Agri-tech expertise yields results for robotics firm
An agri-tech company from Essex is helping farmers overcome labour shortages and practice precision agriculture, thanks to support from the Agri-EPI Centre. Antobot is developing two robots which will help farmers target valuable resources in the most productive areas, as well as taking some time-consuming tasks off skilled workers. The Agri-EPI Centre has supported Antobot […]
Mirico’s ORION®
The agricultural sector is a significant contributor of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, with the IPCC estimating that agriculture and land use are responsible for 21% of all greenhouse emissions, and with 52% of nitrous oxide emissions coming from the sector. To help understand exactly where and how these greenhouse gases are emitted during agricultural processes, […]
#23: Driving forwards robotics and automation with precise positioning technology
In this week’s episode, Thomas Slattery spoke with David Blumstein, Business Development Consultant at Fixposition, about how they are using precise positioning technology to enable robotics and automation in agriculture, last-mile delivery and lawn mowers. Listen here
Robotriks RTU v4. Light Agricultural Robot
Key benefits: Sustainable • Fully electric • Lightweight for low damage Autonomous • Simple pre-planned autonomy with object detection • High-level autonomy with ROS compatibility Extendable • Open architecture for adding new sensors and end effectors Adjustable • Interchangeable truss frame for multiple scenarios Agri-EPI is excited to have invested in the Robotriks RTU v4. […]
Agri-EPI Centre welcomes Defra Automation in Horticulture review
Agri EPI-Centre has welcomed the publication of Defra’s review into automation in horticulture and supports its recommendation that the UK Government lead and fund a mission-led approach to accelerate development in the sector. The recommendations of the independent review, co-chaired by Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice, and Professor Simon […]
Edinburgh based start-up leads the way in grain monitoring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFK1aglJjnI&pp=ygUOYWdyaWVwaSBjcm92ZXI%3DA cutting-edge grain analysis project has won £366,000 in innovation funding under the Defra Farming Innovation Programme from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Crover is an Edinburgh-based company creating robotic grain storage solutions for improved and automated monitoring and management of grains. Cereal grains are the basis of staple food, yet post-harvest losses during long-term […]
#22: Exploring the use of robots for autonomous soil and crop sensing
Kristof Hayes, an early team member at E-Nano, spoke with Thomas Slattery about working as an engineer on the robotics platform and integrations. E-Nano is a robotics, automation and integration business currently providing services in the sports turf industry. They have longer-term plans to explore broader agricultural use cases for their autonomous soil and crop sensing technology. Listen here
Small family business becomes market leader in hoof health
An innovative project leading the way in hoof health has won nearly £250,000 in innovation funding. Hoofcount is a 10-year-old family business, focusing on how to keep cows’ hoofs clean and healthy. Their project is aimed at using vision to develop an early detection lameness monitoring system. It has won funding from UK Research and […]
#20: Empowering farmers and vets with precision semen quality measurement tech
We spoke with Dr Tiffany Wood the Chief Executive Officer of Dyneval Ltd, a company with an award-winning patented technology for precise measurement of semen quality based at the Roslin Innovation Centre. Dyneval was founded in April 2020 by Tiffany and Dr Vincent Martinez, both complex fluid physicists from the University of Edinburgh who have researched the motion of […]