Agri-Tech with Agri-Robotics Cornwall (ARC) – Entrepreneurial Futures project
Supporting agricultural businesses to use research, technology and data to develop sustainable farming practices
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Developing and validating protocols for passive soil composition assessment and mapping using portable gamma spectrometry
Developing and validating agri-business application of AI plant recognition tools coupled with autonomous quadruped robots
Understanding agri-sector perspectives and needs from robotics and sensor technology
Exposing agri-business to agri-tech and environmental tech applications through reciprocal knowledge exchange
Provision of field scale aerial drone survey multi-spectral data, certified soil quality data and accompanying novel spatial sensor surveys
Hands-on demonstration and training for tech deployment
The ARC team enabled us to identify areas of concern related to flooding, plant deterioration, and other issues affecting plant growth. These findings have been shared with the local community and been used to submit bids for future funding, to help increase the uptake of technology in farming. Using knowledge gained from working with the ARC team, Cornish Essential Oils have a new-to-market product which is in the pre-launch phase.
We changed how we manage our land thanks to data gathered in the ARC project. The team helped stop the guess work and enabled us to create a more strategic thought process, reducing chemical and pesticide usage. We have also reduced the use of heavy machinery as a result of seeing damaged patches of land on the drone scans provided by the ARC team. We are now more respectful of the land and support its recovery.
Activities with the ARC team allowed us to identify areas of concern related to plant deterioration, wildlife intrusions, and other issues affecting plant growth. By examining these maps and interpreting the underlaying data, we have refined our operations and implemented mitigation strategies to prevent and reduce further losses, thereby enhancing land productivity and efficiency.
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Entrepreneurial Futures (2024 – 2025) project.