Taste-Enabled Robotic Chef – On Robots Learning to Cook from Taste Feedback and Human Demonstration | Grzegorz Sochacki | 2020-2024 | Prof Fumiya Iida | Beko |
4D Scene Analysis for Autonomous Operation of Mobile Robots on Farms | Karoline Heiwolt | 2020-present | Dr Grzegorz Cielniak [Prof Tom Duckett, Sep 2020 – Mar 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 | Prof 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 | 2021-2024 | 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 |
Identifying Early Links in Adoption Success of Collaborative Robots within Industry | Alex Elias | 2022-present | Dr Carolina Camacho Villa | Manufacturing Technology Centre |
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 | Prof Elizabeth Sklar [Dr Junfeng Gao, Oct 2022 – Mar 2024] | 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 | |
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 Grzegorz Cielniak [Dr Junfeng Gao, Oct 2022 – Mar 2024] | British Beet Research Organisation |
Robust Robotic Fleet Management for Warehouse Operations | James Heselden | 2022-present | Dr Gautham Das | Dogtooth Technologies |
Understanding and mitigating the problem of highlights in remote sensing with application to coastal surveying | Afsaneh Karami | 2023-present | Prof Graham Finlayson | CEFAS |
Multi-modal fusion for remote biodiversity surveys of linear green infrastructure | Andrew Perrett | 2023-present | Dr Petra Bosilj | Norfolk County Council |
Designing Scalable Robotic Systems for Next-Generation Agriculture: A Technological Perspective | Andrew Simpson | 2023-present | Prof Richard Harvey | |
A GNSS/RTK Localization-based Agri-Robot Digital Twin for Precision Agri-tasks in Crop Fields | Calvin John | 2023-present | Dr Edwin Ren | CHC Tech Limited |
Bioreactor arrays for analysis and control of food production using genetically modified microbes | Jack Bradley | 2023-present | Dr Somenath Bakshi | Dyson Farming |
Human sensing methodology based on affordable sensors for human-aware navigation in agricultural scenarios | Prabuddhi Wariyapperuma | 2023-present | Dr Leonardo Guevara | Berry Gardens |
Data-driven autonomous robotic food handling | Yi Zhang | 2023-present | Dr Fulvio Forni | RT Corporation |
Beyond a shadow of a doubt: land surveying in the real world | Sean Chow | 2023-present | Prof Graham Finlayson | CEFAS |
Developing an Intelligent Soft Robotic Manipulator for High Efficient and Automated Cross – Breeding and Phenotypic Analysis in Agriculture | Amanda Xu | 2024-present | Prof Fumiya Iida | |
Imaging stale seedbeds for weed mapping, monitoring and early season control | Benjamin Nicholls | 2024-present | Dr Shaun Coutts | |
Soft Gripper robot arm for vertical farm | Catherine Merchant | 2024-present | Prof Fumiya Iida | Dyson Farming |
Biosensor Development for In-Field Plant Diagnostics and Physiology Monitoring | Dimitris Paparas | 2024-present | Dr Luigi Occhipinti | Dyson Farming |
Integration of Communication, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing for Agri-robots | Eden Attenborough | 2024-present | Dr Edwin Ren | CHC Tech Limited |
Multi-Agent Task allocation for Heterogenous Salad Harvesting Teams | Elliot Smith | 2024-present | Dr Helen Harman | |
Reduced-order modelling and control of a greenhouse environment to optimize salad production | Emmanuel Soumo | 2024-present | Dr Athanasios Polydoros | Crystal Heart Salad |
Beyond the visible – spectral imaging and analysis for crop health and yield monitoring | Georges Davies | 2024-present | Dr Michal Mackiewicz | NIAB |
PATHFINDER: Precision Agriculture Through High-Fidelity Flight Navigation and Exploration Routing | Jacob Swindell | 2024-present | Dr Riccardo Polvara | FarmB |
AgriVision 2.0: Vision Language Action Robotics in Agriculture | Liyou Zhou | 2024-present | Dr Sebastian Pattinson | Wayve Technologies |
multi-Sensor Human Activity Recognition and intention Prediction (SHARP) | Omar Ali | 2024-present | Dr Helen Harman | Ocado Innovation |
Tactile-sensing and augmented reality for robotic manipulation of fruit | Omar Faris | 2024-present | Dr Fulvio Forni | |
Autonomous robot-based precise soil sampling for PCN infield analysing and mapping | Robert Stevenson | 2024-present | Dr Alexandr Klimchik | |
Surveying the Agricultural Landscape using a hyperspectral camera | Violet Mayne | 2024-present | Prof Graham Finlayson | Living Optics & Cefas |
Trustworthy and Explainable Robots for Agricultural Applications | Robbie Cato | 2025-present | Dr Francesco Del Duchetto | Douglas Bomford Trust |