Research in agricultural engineering
The robot as a harvest helper
The research team at the Australian Center for Field Robotics develops robots and intelligent software for agriculture. We show what the robots can do in a series of pictures.
Scientists at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) at the University of Sydney are currently focusing on the following areas
- The development of crop intelligence and decision support systems for the vegetable industry
- Ground and aerial work platforms for livestock grazing
- Monitoring tools for the management of tree crops
- Low-cost robotics to support agriculture in developing countries
- Use of agricultural robotics applications for STEM education.
You can see which robots the research team has developed so far in our picture gallery. See Rippa the robot in action in Australia in the video.
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