A new project aims to tackle the lack of seasonal labour in the UK horticulture industry as researchers look to accelerate the delivery of robotic crop systems.
Insider event has heard.
The Lincoln Agri-Robotics centre at the University of Lincoln, opened in 2019, is the largest facility of its kind in Europe, and is now on track to become the global leader.
Speaking at Insider’s Food Production in the Digital Age online forum, which was sponsored by Lincolnshire County Council and Team Lincolnshire, Martin Collison, agri-tech specialist at Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), said: It s growing at pace because of business demand and because the government has invested in it. There’s huge potential in robotics in the years ahead.
The growth of the centre highlights Lincolnshire’s key role in the agritech sector, which is attracting major investment.