Press office news tagged fieldwork-robotics

Fieldwork Robotics secures funding to accelerate development of harvesting robots

Fieldwork Robotics, a University of Plymouth spinout company developing a range of harvesting robots to support the agriculture sector, has raised £675,000 through an equity fundraising from existing and new investors
19 March 2021
Cutting edge agricultural robots offer a low-cost lifeline to UK farmers

Robotriks was co-founded by Jake Shaw-Sutton, Senior Robotics Technician at the University of Plymouth, and has developed a low-cost robotic platform which can be fitted with almost any agricultural implement
23 November 2020
Robotics spinout wins Innovate UK grant to support work through pandemic

University of Plymouth spinout company Fieldwork Robotics has been awarded a £145,000 grant by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to accelerate the development of its robotics technology
17 November 2020
University spinout company to begin development of a new cauliflower-harvesting robot

Fieldwork Robotics has agreed a three-year partnership with Bonduelle Group to develop a cauliflower harvesting robot
21 September 2020
Spinout signs agreement with Bosch to further development of harvesting robots

Fieldwork Robotics, a University of Plymouth spinout company, has signed an agreement with international electronics giant Robert Bosch Ltd to speed development of its robot crop-harvesting technology
6 July 2020
University spinout secures equity funding to enhance development of robot fruit harvesters

University of Plymouth spinout company Fieldwork Robotics has raised almost £300,000 through an initial equity funding round
14 January 2020
Research highlighted in report celebrating outstanding business collaborations

The work of University of Plymouth robotics lecturer Dr Martin Stoelen, and his spinout company Fieldwork Robotics, is highlighted in the 2019 State of the Relationship Report written by the National Centre for Universities and Business
19 June 2019
Spinout completes initial field trials of raspberry harvesting robot system

University of Plymouth spinout company Fieldwork Robotics has completed initial field trials of its robot raspberry harvesting system.
28 May 2019
University spinout awarded £550,000 to speed development of harvesting robots

University of Plymouth spinout company Fieldwork Robotics has received a grant from the Innovate UK Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to create a multi-armed mobile robot prototype
1 April 2019
University spinout signs agreement to field test harvesting robots

Fieldwork Robotics, created by Lecturer in Robotics Dr Martin Stoelen, has signed an agreement with the Hall Hunter Partnership to prototype and field test a raspberry harvesting robot system
6 August 2018
University spinout receives increased support to develop agricultural robots

University of Plymouth news: Fieldwork Robotics, a University of Plymouth spinout company developing robotic solutions for the agriculture and produce industry, is to receive increased support from the University’s commercialisation partners, Frontier IP
9 April 2018
Scientists develop harvesting robots that could revolutionise farming practices

Scientists at the University of Plymouth are working with companies in Cornwall to develop ground-breaking technology which could assist fruit and vegetable growers with the challenges they face in harvesting crops
14 February 2018