Prof Simon Pearson, University of Lincoln, LIAT on "Robot Highways"

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Professor Simon Pearson is the Director of the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology, University of Lincoln.

Simon has become a leader in inter-disciplinary research in the field of agri-technology by bringing together academic and industrial experts who are striving to improve technological, environmental and human capital aspects of the food industry. This research embraces a diverse range of agri-technology applications including robotic systems, automation and design for manufacture of integrated e-hubs for agricultural vehicles. Simon is seeking to develop agri-robotics to drive productivity across the agri-food sector, including crop harvesting, phenotyping and crop care.
Simon is part of Digital Sandwich, a project developing a national, open demonstrator of a digital supply chain. The demonstrator will transform our understanding of the supply chain allowing manufactures and other stakeholders to reap the benefits of increased knowledge.

As Principal Investigator of the UKRI-EPSRC funded project, The Internet of Food Things. Simon brings together a network of experts to investigate how artificial intelligence, data analytics and emerging technologies can enhance the digitalisation of the UK food supply chain. The network is working to reduce food waste, increase nutritional value, increase productivity and reduce environmental impact across the supply chain.

He has almost two decades of experience in management and Research and Development
roles within the industry, which includes some of the UK’s biggest retailers and producers.

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