Prof Simon Blackmore Presentation
Prof Simon Blackmore Presentation
Prof Simon Blackmore Presentation
Farming in 2050
Iden@fy
trends
in
the
past
that
are
true
today
Iden@fy
weaknesses
in
current
system
Assump@ons
Current system:
Compaction
Up
to
90%
of
the
energy
going
in
to
cul@va@on
is
there
to
repair
the
damage
caused
by
machines
If
we
do
not
damage
the
soil
in
the
rst
place,
we
do
not
need
to
repair
it
Recrea@onal
@llage,
Do
not
treat
soil
like
dirt
New Opportunities:
Workforce
Computers
and
robots
will
take
peoples
jobs
"I
think
there
is
a
world
market
for
maybe
ve
computers
Aorib.
T.J.Watson
(CEO
IBM
1943)
1,966,514,816
computers
connected
to
the
internet
in
2010
Robotic agriculture
Crop establishment
Micro
@llage
Why
cul@vate
the
whole
topsoil?
Crop scouting
Working
with
agronomists
by
giving
near-real-@me
data
over
the
whole
farm
UGVs
(Unmanned
Ground
Vehicle)
Phenotyping
robots
Scou@ng robots
th Jan)
Selective harvesting
Up
to
60%
of
harvested
crop
is
not
of
saleable
quality
Only
harvest
that
part
of
the
crop
which
has
100%
saleable
characteris@cs
Phased
harves@ng
FMIS / RMIS
Real-@me
management
informa@on
(and
knowing
what
to
do
with
it)
is
the
key
to
successful
farming
FMIS
have
been
developed
to
deal
with:
Changing
policies
and
guidelines
Op@mising
inputs
and
resources
Embodying
personal
values
and
a]tudes
towards
risk
Iden@ca@on
of
personal
strategies
and
prac@ces
so
they
can
be
fully
supported
Large tractors
Some
opera@ons
will
s@ll
need
large
manned
machines
Harves@ng
large
crops
40
t/ha
potatoes
70
t/ha
sugar
beet
Big data
Concept
just
star@ng
to
be
applied
to
agriculture
Data
previously
not
used
can
be
stored
and
analysed
Yield
maps
over
many
years
Market
prices
and
macro
trends
CAN
bus
data
from
modern
tractors
Conclusions
Is
this
the
future
for
2050
or
now?
All
of
these
concepts
have
been
developed
and
ini@ally
researched
Not
many
of
them
are
commercially
available
through
lack
of
demand
How
long
will
it
take
for
UK
farmers
to
take
advantage
of
these
new
opportuni@es?
MicroDot spraying
Machine
vision
recognises
the
leaves
of
the
plant
in
real
@me
and
records
the
posi@on
and
speed
MicroDot
sprayer
puts
chemical
only
on
the
leaf
of
the
plant
saving
99.99%
by
volume
Laser weeding
Machine
vision
recognises
the
growing
point
of
the
weed
Laser
kills
the
weed
by
hea@ng
the
growing
point
Saving
100%
herbicide
Dionysus robot
Crop
scou@ng
robot
for
vineyards
Build
by
Harper
Adams
MEng
(2013)
students
for
the
University
of
Athens
SoRware
Architecture
for
Agricultural
Robots
Thermal
camera
for
irriga@on
status
Mul@spectral
camera
for
nutrient
status
LIDAR
for
canopy
extent
and
density
Robotti
RoboFarm
Integrate
FMIS
and
robo@cs
ICT-AGRI
ERA-NET
project
2012-2014
Greece,
Turkey,
Italy
and
UK
Project: User-PA
Usability
of
Environmentally
sound
and
Reliable
techniques
in
Precision
Agriculture
How
to
make
PA
and
robo@cs
easier
to
use