Horticulturalists provide
food tofeed the world,
beautify our
neighborhoods, decorate
our gardens and give
ambience and wellbeing
by combining the energy
of the sun with soil, seeds
and water.
International Society for Horticultural Science
From the Shops:Australians are discarding food worth
$5.2 billion a year
On Farm: $3 billion agricultural waste in Australia each
year and about $1.8 billion of that is horticultural loss
More than 100,000 tonnes of Queensland bananas
go to waste every year because the fruit does not
meet cosmetic retail standards.
Lady Bird
Ladybird vegetablerobot
• Solar Pannels
• Conduct surveillance
• Mapping
• Classification
• Detection for a variety
of different vegetable
crops
27.
RIPPA
• Robot forIntelligent Perception and
Precision Application
• Based on the Ladybird design, the
platform configuration for RIPPA was
modified to make it lighter, rugged and
easier to operate
• Capable of autonomously shooting
weeds at high speed using a directed
micro-dose of liquid
• The technology can be used to
automatically apply the correct dose of
fluid required anywhere on the farm at
high speed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li9eWpLGFiU
28.
Swagbot Mantis andShrimp
• Research from the ground
• Thermal Cameras
• Data Collection
• Off road – navigate water, hills, rocks
• Monitor livestock
• Data Collection