Positioning for Automation in AgriFood
Positioning for Automation in AgriFood
Careful, responsible, and efficient management of resources has become increasingly important, not just to the agriculture industry, but to the planet.
From real-time scanning of large areas of farmland to individual plant-level monitoring and treatment, the technologies that enable digital and precision agriculture include machine learning, autonomous robots and drones, innovative use of sensor data, and positioning technologies.
In this event brought to you by The Location Group, speakers from a range of industries will be giving their perspectives on the impact of different technological developments on agricultural sustainability and efficiency – both now and in the future.
This event is sponsored Qualcomm Technologies International, kindly hosted by PwC, in their Cambridge office and delivered in collaboration with the Royal Institute for Navigation and will provide delegates with ample opportunities for networking and discussion.
Speakers include:
- Gemma Ball, Connected Places Catapult
- Zoe Barker - Lecturer in Animal Science, University of Reading
- Pedro Carvalho - Knowledge Transfer Manager, AgriFood KTN
- Eliot Dixon - Head of Engineering, Agri-EPI Centre
- David May - Deputy Director of LIAT, University of Lincoln
- Ben Scott-Robinson - CEO and Co-Founder, Small Robot Company
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David Bartlett
David Bartlett works in the positioning technology (R&D) group at u-blox with a focus on hybrid positioning: bringing together GNSS with terrestrial systems such as UWB and V2X, primarily in support of future autonomous vehicle, driverless car and robotics applications but also for IoT and indoor positioning. Prior to this he was CTO and co-founder of Omnisense delivering high precision indoor IoT tracking solutions. He also worked at Cambridge Positioning systems with a focus on cellular positioning and network aided GNSS techniques.
Bob Cockshott
After 25 years in the space industry working mainly on electro-optical payloads, Bob has spent the last 13 years in the government-funded Knowledge Transfer Network, supporting business in position, navigation and timing, and more recently also quantum technology. Bob has taken a special interest in GNSS vulnerability, and has organised international conferences on vulnerability and its mitigation. Bob is a member of the Cabinet Office PNT Technical Group and chairs the Royal Institute of Navigation’s Technical Committee. Bob is a member of the International Time and Sync Forum Steering Group and is also a Cambridge Wireless Location Based Services SIG Champion.
Dr Ramsey Faragher
Dr Ramsey Faragher is the Founder, and former President and CTO of Focal Point Positioning, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, and a Fellow of Queens' College, at the University of Cambridge. He is the inventor of the Supercorrelation digital signal processing technique, which has redefined the state of the art in GPS positioning. He is the author of dozens of patents, and has been the recipient of numerous awards within the positioning and navigation ecosystem. His company is pioneering improvements to smartphone and automotive navigation systems, and in the past during his time in the Defence sector he has developed technologies that have been to the bottom of the ocean and all the way to Mars. He also helped to improve the bluetooth tracking capabilities of various globally-deployed contact tracing technologies during the Covid pandemic. He regularly contributes to technology podcasts, writes for Forbes, and has provided science advice for two television production companies. Ramsey lives with his family in Cambridge and is currently navigating the challenging landscape of having three small and adventurous children.
Ben Tarlow
Ben has worked in positioning for 15 years, developing algorithms for satellite, cellular and other terrestrial RF technologies. At Qualcomm, Ben works in the Advanced Algorithms group, where current research areas in location are data fusion, use of sensor data for positioning and fitness applications; one day, he hopes to be given the remit to explore the area of olfactory positioning. Ben has a background in Pure Mathematics and a PhD in Combinatorics. He has over 20 different patents filed or granted, mostly on subjects relating to positioning.
