Collaborative robotic systems for sustainable food production
About
There are many reasons why now is the time for collaborative robotic solutions to be deployed within the agri-food sector.
A range of global problems must be addressed, such as climate change and the need to promote carbon sequestration and offset greenhouse gas emissions, or conserving the environment and the need to utilise natural resources more efficiently, or food security and the need to feed the world using existing farmland.
As well, a range of local problems must also be addressed such as Brexit and the need to harvest crops with a reduced labour force, or the fragility of the food supply chain and the need to strengthen agri-food logistics in the UK, or the increasing average age of British farmers and the need to attract younger generations into the agri-food sector.
This talk will explain how intelligent robotic systems--working alongside humans--can offer viable and trustworthy approaches to these challenges, illustrated through examples of current projects underway at the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology.
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Continuing Professional Development
This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.
31 May 2024
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Organiser
- London Local Network
Registration information
These lectures are preceded by an optional lunch where there is an opportunity to network with colleagues.
If you wish to attend this lecture, please book a place on the IET website.
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Terms and conditions
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Speakers
Professor Elizabeth Sklar PhD
Professor of Agri-Robotics and Research Director at the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology (LIAT) - University of Lincoln, UK.
Elizabeth previously held academic posts at King's College London, as well as the City University of New York and Columbia University in the US.
Prof Sklar's research investigates the implementation of intelligent methodologies in the context of multi-robot teams, human-machine teaming, behaviour mining and data- backed decision making, most recently applied within the agri-food pipeline.
She has published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed venues, is a founder of the international educational robotics initiative RobotCupJunior and currently serves on the editorial board for the journal Current Robotics Reports.
Prof Sklar's work has been funded by the UK research councils (EPSRC, ESRC and MRC/BBSRC), Innovate UK, Ceres Agri-tech, the US National Science Foundation and a US-UK Fulbright fellowship.
She is a Deputy Director of the newly funded UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial INtelligence (SUSTAIN).
Reasons to attend
If you have an interest in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Sustainable Agriculture or simply a general interest in engineering, technology and science.
Programme
11:30 - Arrival for optional lunch
It is essential to sign in at the Faraday reception desk which is on the second floor for IET building before entering the Faraday Centre
12:00 - Optional lunch
13:45 - Arrival for lecture
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14:00 - The lecture starts promptly at 14:00
15:00 - Questions and discussion
15:30 - Optional tea/coffee in the Faraday Centre.
Free for members only.