New centre for agricultural engineering at USQ

Weed detection and identification is moving into the robotic age at the University of Sydney’s Plant Breeding Institute at Narrabri in north west New South Wales where a high-tech research project is fine-tuning the technology.

Deakin University Roberto Perez-Franco and team created a set of scenarios describing what Australia’s freight and supply chain future might look like 20 years from now. They said it is likely to feature widespread use of automation and increased pressure to become environmentally sustainable.