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 Agriculture, Pål From, Professor in Robotics at NMBU, co-founder of Saga Robotics and developer of the Thorvald robotics platform
Virtual Reality, Are Søby Vindfallet, Co-Founder, Making View AS
Making View AS Field Explorer, Håkon Kleppe Normann , Chief Software Engineer, Making View AS
Phenotyping as a future plant breeding tool at Graminor, Jon 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 Imagery, Sahame Shafiee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Norwegian University of Life Science
Robotics Platform for field phenotyping, Tomasz Mroz, Research Fellow, Norwegian University of Life Science
Robotic UV light treatment and harvesting of strawberries, Pål From, Professorin Robotics at NMBU, co-founder of Saga Robotics and developer of the Thorvald robotics platform