Small Robot Company Limited

The proposed industrial focused research project utilises the consortium's unique expertise and capabilities to develop **cost-effective digital autonomous slug monitoring, forecasting and precision treatment tools,** thus delivering on-farm game-changing solutions to benefit farmers across England. Slugs are major economic pests causing £43.5M crop damag...

Since their widespread commercialisation in the 1930's, the use of pesticides has driven increased yields in agriculture that have allowed us to feed an ever-growing human population. However, with raised awareness of the potentially negative environmental impacts of these products, future food production systems will need to continue to sustain our dieta...

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The proposed project is a feasibility study to develop an innovative game-changing technology for autonomous slug monitoring and precision bio-molluscicide treatment system. Slugs are major pests in agricultural and horticultural crops, with current methods for control relying on chemical molluscicide pellets, containing either metaldehyde or Iron (Ferric...

Feeding 9.8 billion people in 2050 in a climate change context will depend on our skills to keep soils alive. Food production is directly correlated with soil health. To manage and improve soil health, farmers need reliable information about the chemical, physical and biological properties of their soils. There are methods available to assay soil nutrient...

"Need for weed control growing as world's population increases. Herbicide market under significant pressure because 1) weeds are increasingly becoming resistant to herbicides, 2) regulators have started to ban their use because of health and environmental concerns, and 3) costs of litigation against herbicide manufacturers are increasing. Electricity is a...

"There is an innovation problem in farming today. Despite massive developments in precision farming, a farmer currently farms much like they did 30 years ago. Individual precision farming products, such as autonomous tractors, variable rate sprayers and crop scanning drones are being adopted, but these are expensive, and individually only bring incrementa...