How agri-robotics will change the food you eat | Katherine James | TEDxBrayfordPool

Agricultural robotics and artificial intelligence are changing how we farm, from day-to-day practices to selecting new crop varieties. In this talk, Katherine James gives an overview of how agri-robotics is changing the way we interact with crops, how this will change the crops themselves and, ultimately, how this will allow humans to focus more on things which require the ‘art-of-being-human’.

Katherine James is a computer scientist whose research centres on machine vision solutions to biological challenges, spanning both the agricultural and conservation sectors.

She grew up on a farm, spent a lot of time behind the scenes in a natural science museum, yet was always curious about figuring out how computers work. Perhaps, from this upbringing, it is not surprising that this led her to a project where she is trying to describe plants using machine vision technology. She is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Lincoln in high-throughput robotic phenotyping. She values science communication and has been the recipient of two conference awards, published several academic papers and been involved in teaching in various capacities.

Through her research, Katherine is working toward creating intelligent robotic systems that will help to facilitate better robot-crop interactions on next-generation farms. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx