Agricultural engineering and automation

At the Center for Precision Agriculture, we aim to ensure that this technology is well-suited for Norwegian agriculture and to make it easier for Norwegian farmers to adopt new, research-based technology.

In the interface between technology and agronomy, we work with both traditional equipment and tools as well as autonomous technology. This includes optimizing how farmers can make the best use of existing equipment and participating in projects to develop new technologies. In past projects, we have worked on automated tool carriers and fleet management, adapting and developing solutions for automating labor-intensive manual tasks, particularly in the horticultural sector. For instance, we have previously developed a prototype for robotic harvesting of sugar snap pea pods and raspberries.

Much of the technology available for agriculture is expensive and requires farmers to have operations and finances of a certain scale to justify the investment. Therefore, we have also worked on exploring low-cost solutions for certain types of technology.