Konrad Konnerth - agroTRAX - Building Blocks and Road Map to enhancing functionality of Greenhouse Robotics - May 30, 2025
New Members:
Rodney Bierhuizen – Sunrise Greenhouses
Breanne Tidemann – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Keshav Singh – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Sherri Roberts – Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Natalie LaForest – Organic Alberta
Danny Bernstein – The Resevoir
New members, please be prepared to briefly introduce yourselves and touch on why you joined the group.
Presentations:
Presenter: Konrad Konnerth
Organization: Konnexio
Presentation: agroTRAX - Building Blocks and Road Map to enhancing functionality of Greenhouse Robotics
Conferences/Meetings/Field Tours/Demonstrations
· In-person Working Group Meeting – Lincoln, ON – June 20, 2025, 10am - Registration
· Vineland Research: Critical Technology Demo Day – Lincoln, ON – June 20, 2025 – Registration
· TCS Webinar on AgTech Opportunities in Australia – June 23, 2025 - Registration
· Future of AgTech Showcase at University of Waterloo – June 23, 2025 - Registration
· AgRobotics Working Group Demo Day – Bradford Research Station – July 8, 2025. Registration
· ASABE Annual International Meeting – Toronto, ON – July 13-16, 2025. https://www.asabemeetings.org/#two
· AgRobotics Working Group Demo Day – Simcoe Research Station – July 22, 2025. Registration
Attendees at recent conferences, please be prepared to provide a brief update to the group.
Project Updates
The in person working group meeting on June 20th will take place at the Vineland Research Centre ahead of their demo day that afternoon. Registration is now available
A reminder that the mentorship program applications are now open on our website
Action Items From Previous Meeting(s)
Job Board
If you know of any job opportunities, please send the information to us so that we can add them on our website at the below link.
https://www.agroboticswg.com/job-board
Funding Announcements/Opportunities –
· Canada Business App https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/canada-business-app
· Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/programs/canadian-agricultural-strategic-priorities - Open until March 2029
· COLLABORATE 2 COMMERCIALIZE https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/collaborate-2-commercialize/ - Ongoing
· Agri-Innovate - AgriInnovate Program: Step 1. What this program offers - agriculture.canada.ca - Open until March 2028
· OMAFRA/SCAP Funding Announcement and Program Details Link - Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership | ontario.ca - Open until March 2028
· OCI Critical Industrial Technologies Initiative - https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/cit/ - Ongoing
· CAAIN Open Competition - https://caain.ca/funding-calls/2024-open-competition/ - Open Intake
Round Table
Other Items/Articles
Startups to showcase irrigation, robotics, pest-detection tech
Robotti secures investment to scale autonomous farming solution in Europe
Scientists invent a robot that detects plant diseases and sprays them with pesticides
AgriRobot: Safety software for autonomous agritech
Automated Agriculture: Is the Human Farmer Becoming Obsolete?
Strawberry-picking robot could spell end of need for foreign fruit workers
Farmers fuming over California's ban on driverless tractors, other robots
Meeting recordings will be posted to our website approximately 4 weeks later. https://www.agroboticswg.com/meetings
*Call for speakers/presentations – If you are interested in giving a presentation or have a recommendation of someone who you think would be a valuable speaker, please email Dan or Bridget.