Jepco (Glebe) Limited

Protected salad growers face rapidly rising energy, labour and input costs. UK electricity prices are already the highest in Europe, with further increases scheduled for April 2026\. Labour costs have risen dramatically over the last three years, while access to seasonal workers continues to tighten as government‑issued permits decline. As a result, prote...

Maintaining the competitiveness and leadership position of crucial industries such as renewable energy and agriculture, is contingent upon AI and Robotics increasingly becoming a widespread and integral part of the relevant technological landscapes, particularly in the face of steep labour shortages. ARISE project aims to introduce a combination of percep...

If a robot had to pick up an apple in darkness, should we build a complex AI based vision system or just 'switch on' the light? The same is the challenge of getting robots working in 'harsh unstructured agricultural' settings with humanlike efficiency to be commercially viable. SCARLETT is an ambitious project that instead transforms how 'produce is grown...