AgriFoRwArdS Projects

Below are the projects undertaken by AgriFoRwArdS Students.

Find out more about each project by visiting the student’s profile pages.

 

MSc Project Title

Student

Dates

Supervisor

Semantic Segmentation of Plant Leaves from 3D Point Clouds using Deep Learning Karoline Heiwolt

2019-2020

Prof Tom Duckett
Residual Physics for Grasp Failure Prediction

Grzegorz Sochacki

2019-2020

Dr Amir Ghalamzan Esfahani
Leaky Integrate Neuron Model for Multi Robot Task Allocation

Roopika Ravikanna

2019-2020

Dr Alan Millard
Investigation into Harvesting Soft Fruit Clusters

Willow Mandil

2019-2020

Dr Amir Ghalamzan Esfahani
Multi-Agent Simulation for Pickers and Runners at a Strawberry Farm

Amie Owen

2020-2021

Prof Elizabeth Sklar
3D image segmentation of potato sprouts in a controlled environment

Bradley Hurst

2020-2021

Dr Nicola Bellotto
Machine Learning for the Detection of Weeds among Sugar Beets

David (Grey) Churchill

2020-2021

Prof Simon Parsons
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Control of Robotic Manipulators for Grasping Strawberries in Simulation

Elijah Almanzor

2020-2021

Dr Amir Ghalamzan Esfahani
Simulation of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Robotic Gripper

Haihui Yan

2020-2021

Dr Khaled Elgeneidy
Investigation of the use of Geometric Algebra for robotic kinematic and dynamic analysis with applications in selective harvesting

Haris Matsantonis

2020-2021

Dr Amir Ghalamzan Esfahani
Deployment: the next stage of machine learning

Harry Rogers

2020-2021

Dr Charles Fox
Lifelong Learning for Sensor-based Precipitation Regression

Jack Foster 

2020-2021

Prof Simon Parsons
Optimal Control for Agricultural Spraying Robot

Joshua Davy

2020-2021

Dr Charles Fox
Detection and Segmentation of Fish in RGB-D images

Mazvydas Gudelis

2020-2021

Dr Nicola Bellotto
Multi-robot crop monitor

Ni Wang

2020-2021

Dr Alan Millard
Non-destructive mass estimation of iceberg lettuce

William Rohde

2020-2021

Dr Nicola Bellotto
Exploring trust towards TIAGo’s behaviour during the completion of an agriculture-related task

Alex Elias

2021-2022

Maria Galvez Trigo
Augmented Reality to Help Humans Solve Complex Problems

Bethan Moncur

2021-2022

Maria Galvez Trigo
Synthetic Image Generation Pipeline for Weed Detection in Fields

Callum Lennox

2021-2022

Dr Junfeng Gao
Inverse Reinforcement Learning Applied to the Correspondence Problem

Emlyn Williams

2021-2022

Dr Athanasios Polydoros
Applications of Distributed Ledger Technologies in Robotics

Garry Clawson

2021-2022

Dr Charles Fox
Developing a Line-scanning Hyperspectral Imaging System for Monitoring Potato Plant Status

James Bennett

2021-2022

Dr Junfeng Gao
Augmented reality enhancement for a museum robot to improve accessibility and inclusivity

James Tombling

2021-2022

Dr Patrick Dickinson
Surface reconstruction of point clouds

Kyle Fogarty

2021-2022

Dr Petra Bosilj
Long-Term Visual Teach & Repeat in Agricultural Environments

Nikolaos Tsagkopoulos

2021-2022

Prof Marc Hanheide
Augmenting autonomous systems to improve agronomy effectiveness

Paul-David Zuercher

2021-2022

Prof Marc Hanheide
Improved Control of Invasive Plant Disease Epidemics Using Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes

Rachel Trimble

2021-2022

Prof Simon Parsons
Learning robot navigation from demonstrations

Samuel Carter

2021-2022

Dr Amir Ghalamzan Esfahani
Making MACARONS: Modular Automated Crop Array Online System

Vijja Wichitwechkarn

2021-2022

Dr Charles Fox
Automatic aphid counting based on yellow water pan trap imagery and deep learning

Xumin Gao

2021-2022

Dr Junfeng Gao

 

 

PhD Project Title

Student

Dates

Primary Supervisor

Collaboration

Low-Cost Dextrous Robots for Food and Tool Handing Grzegorz Sochacki 2020-present Dr Fumiya Iida  Beko
4D Scene Analysis for Autonomous Operation of Mobile Robots on Farms Karoline Heiwolt 2020-present Dr Grzegorz Cielniak [Prof Tom Duckett 2020- March 2021] Saga Robotics
Fleet Management of Autonomous Agricultural Robots with Human Awareness Roopika Ravikanna 2020-present Prof Marc Hanheide Saga Robotics
Data-driven methods for detecting fruit and planning harvesting actions in dense cluster (DPFH) Willow Mandil 2020-present Dr Amir Ghalamzan Esfahani Berry Gardens
Intelligent Automation for Hygiene Maintenance in Food Production Settings Amie Owen 2021-present Prof Elizabeth Sklar Campden BRI
Active Robot Perception for Automated Potato Planting Bradley Hurst 2021-present Dr Petra Bosilj Jersey Farmers’ Union
Machine learning-based vision for “green-on-green” spraying Grey Churchill 2021-present Prof Simon Parsons Syngenta
Automation and Robotization of the Planting of the ‘Jersey Royal’ Potatoes Elijah Almanzor 2021-present Dr Fumiya Iida  Jersey Farmers’ Union
3D Printing Soft Robotic Grippers for Automated Strawberry Harvesting Haihui Yan 2021-present Dr Sebastian Pattinson Dyson Farming
Design and implementation of a machine vision system to promote precision agriculture innovation using novel Geometric Algebra techniques Haris Matsantonis 2021-present Prof Joan Lasenby MathWorks
Closing the Loop on Precision Spraying Harry Rogers 2021-present Prof Beatriz De La Iglesia Syngenta
Collaborative Lifelong Learning for Robust Site-Specific Crop Management Jack Foster  2021-present Dr Alexandra Brintrup Dyson Farming
Analysing Videos of Fish in the Field Mazvydas Gudelis 2021-present Dr Michal Mackiewicz CEFAS
Autonomous monitoring and control of crop growth as a feedback system William Rohde 2021-present Dr Fulvio Forni G’s Growers
Co-creation and trust to address regulatory, ethical and interactional challenges in Digital Farming Alex Elias 2022-present Dr Maria Galvez Trigo
Deciding to implement emerging technologies: the help of digital technologies in planning for the implementation of robotics and autonomous systems in food manufacturing firms Bethan Moncur 2022-present Dr Letizia Mortara Samworth Brothers
Real-time vision-based spot spraying development for high efficiency and precision weed management Callum Lennox 2022-present Dr Junfeng Gao Douglas Bomford Trust
Robot Learning from visual demonstrations of agricultural harvesting tasks Emlyn Williams 2022-present Dr Athanasios Polydoros Dogtooth Technologies
Designing Food Supply Chain for Nutritional Delivery and Traceability Garry Clawson 2022-present Dr Mukesh Kumar Dyson Farming
Seeing Spectral Signatures James Bennett 2022-present Prof Graham Finlayson Antobot
3D Modelling of Natural Structures Kyle Fogarty 2022-present Dr Cengiz Öztireli
Long-Term Affordable Navigation in Unseen Agricultural Environments Nikolaos Tsagkopoulos 2022-present Prof Marc Hanheide
Low-cost interactive systems to optimise operator performance in the agri-food industry Paul-David Zuercher 2022-present Dr Thomas Bohné
Using reinforcement learning to optimise adaptive control of invading plant disease epidemics Rachel Trimble 2022-present Dr Nik Cunniffe Defra
Learning robot navigation and manipulation from demonstrations Samuel Carter 2022-present Dr Amir Ghalamzan Esfahani 2 Sisters Food Group
Crop-agnostic optimisation for vertical farms Vijja Wichitwechkarn 2022-present Dr Ruchi Choudhary Zero Carbon Farms
AphidNet: automatic aphid recognition and counting based on field water trap imagery by deep learning Xumin Gao 2022-present Dr Junfeng Gao British Beet Research Organisation
Robust Robotic Fleet Management for Warehouse Operations  James Heselden 2022-present Dr Gautham Das