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SUMMARY:CSAR lecture: Picking raspberries with robots. - Professor Martin 
 Fodstad Stølen\, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences/Fieldwork 
 Robotics Ltd.
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CONTACT:John Cook
DESCRIPTION:*The road from blue-skies robotics research to contract manufa
 cturing.*\n\nHorticulture\, and in particular the production of soft fruit
  for fresh consumption\, is heavily reliant on imported manual labour. Thi
 s drives up costs and uncertainty for the growers. Fieldwork Robotics Ltd 
 has developed a modular and autonomous raspberry harvesting robot\, and is
  now planning commercial manufacturing of their latest iteration.\n\nThe c
 ompany was spun-out from the University of Plymouth in 2016\, based on the
  RD&I activity of Dr. Martin F. Stoelen on soft and modular robots for hor
 ticulture. Their robots have been undergoing commercial trials in Odemira\
 , Portugal\, and in spring 2022 sold the first raspberries for fresh consu
 mption picked autonomously. Fieldwork Robotics Ltd has its main office in 
 Cambridge\, UK\, and are currently expanding operations to other countries
  and continents.\n\nThe talk will outline the need for this type of robots
 \, and the current state-of-the-art. It will also explore the timeline of\
 , the different systems involved in\, and the collaborations underpinning 
 Fieldwork Robotics’ raspberry harvesting solution.\n\n*Open to all. More
  details\, and a link for booking\, "here":https://www.csar.org.uk/lecture
 s/2023-2024/tbc_20240304/ *
LOCATION:Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Churchill College\, and Zoom
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