[Cyverse.Nappn] [AgRA webinar] Jos Balendonck and Ruud Barth: Sweeper, April 18, 2019 at 3:30pm/15:30 CET (UTC +2).

[Amy Tabb]

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Jos Balendonck from Wageningen University & Research and Ruud Barth from 
Saia Agrobotics, the Netherlands, will present a webinar on April 18, 
2019 at 3:30pm/15:30 CET (UTC +2).

Please register for this webinar here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1815546583975/WN_r6aDVqbcT7-ynGojPnXFtA


All details, including a time zone converter and links to supplementary 
materials:
http://ieeeagra.com/events/webinar-april-18-2019/

Title:  Sweeper: A Sweet-pepper Harvesting Robot

Abstract: In modern greenhouses there is a high demand to automate 
labor. The availability of a skilled workforce that accepts repetitive 
tasks in the harsh climate conditions of a greenhouse is decreasing 
rapidly. The current state of the art in automated harvesting of fruits 
and vegetables has remained remarkably stationary in the past decades. 
In the EU-FP7-project CROPS (www.crops-robots.eu) extensive research has 
been performed on agricultural robotics. One of the applications was a 
sweet pepper harvesting robot. In the H2020 project SWEEPER the 
technology developed in CROPS is used to introduce, test and validate a 
robotic harvesting solution for sweet pepper under real-world 
conditions. This project has received funding from the European Union’s 
Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 
644313.

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