NPPN Virtual Field Day 2020

The 6th annual NPPN field day was held on June 17th via the ZOOM meeting platform.  Due to Covid-19, the original meeting to be held in Ås, Norway, was compelled to be changed to a virtual conference.  

Download the program for the NPPN Virtual Field Day 2020 here.

      

Robot with UV light treating greenhouse strawberries

Presentations from Wednesday, June 17th, morning session:
Future of Robotics in AgriculturePål From, Professor in Robotics at NMBU, co-founder of Saga Robotics and developer of the Thorvald robotics platform
Virtual RealityAre Søby Vindfallet, Co-Founder, Making View AS
Making View AS Field ExplorerHåkon Kleppe Normann , Chief Software Engineer, Making View AS
Phenotyping as a future plant breeding tool at GraminorJon Arne Dieseth, Plant Breeder, Graminor
NMBU employee flying a drone
Presentations from Wednesday, June 17th, afternoon session:
Introduction to the Vollebekk Research Station, Morten Lillemo, Professor, NMBU                                                                        - Video about Vollebekk Research Station
Grain Yield Prediction and Plant Height Measurement using UAV ImagerySahame Shafiee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Norwegian University of Life Science
Robotics Platform for field phenotypingTomasz Mroz, Research Fellow, Norwegian University of Life Science
Robotic UV light treatment and harvesting of strawberriesPål From, Professorin Robotics at NMBU, co-founder of Saga Robotics and developer of the Thorvald robotics platform