The age of revisionism: Carbon
It seems that so much of what we were taught in the 1960s and 70s turns out to have been wrong. This applies to all sorts of things that are now judged differently. British Empire was seen as a wholly good thing bringing education, Christianity, law and…
What is Robot Hayes about ?
After two years of hard work it is time to start talking about Robot Hayes
Is the the end of the ag robot swarm ?
An academic agtech dream has died
Why Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not create robot tractors
Twenty years of incredible development have failed to replace humans as drivers.
Vegetables in a changing climate
Devon has a very mild climate with summer heat and winter chill moderated by the sea but even here we see the climate changing. This June it was so hot that my clay soil dried out to dust after a wet winter, temperatures in the polytunnel went over 50C.…
Can robots save UK horticulture ?
Growing food was for thousands of years, and in much of the world still is, a set of backbreaking monotonous but skilled tasks. It was done by humans in all weathers from scorching to freezing from burning dry to continuously coal and soaked. It was…
Invasion of the non-Hollywood Robots
A great show of the latest field robots in 2022
Unsettled with real food in Tuscany
We need to shorter supply chains and local production
Autonomous Robots Moving Fast
The FIRA industry conference and show series is focused on autonomous field machines which have become of huge interest given labour shortages particularly in high value vegetable and fruit crops. This year’s show was held at the Diagora conference…