Can a robot be an expert? The social meaning of skill and its expression through the prospect of autonomous AgTech

K Legun, KA Burch, L Klerkx - Agriculture and Human Values, 2023 - Springer
Artificial intelligence and robotics have increasingly been adopted in agri-food systems—
from milking robots to self-driving tractors. New projects extend these technologies in an …

Contested agri-food futures: Introduction to the Special Issue

M Gugganig, KA Burch, J Guthman… - Agriculture and Human …, 2023 - Springer
Over recent decades, influential agri-food tech actors, institutions, policymakers and others
have fostered dominant techno-optimistic, future visions of food and agriculture that are …

[HTML][HTML] Adoption of autonomous robots in the soft fruit sector: Grower perspectives in the UK

DC Rose, M Bhattacharya - Smart Agricultural Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The effects of changing geopolitics, demographic change, and COVID-19 have caused
significant disruption to labour in the agricultural sector around the world. In the UK, the …

Social science–STEM collaborations in agriculture, food and beyond: an STSFAN manifesto

K Burch, J Guthman, M Gugganig, K Bronson… - Agriculture and Human …, 2023 - Springer
Interdisciplinary research needs innovation. As an action-oriented intervention, this
Manifesto begins from the authors' experiences as social scientists working within …

Transitioning towards human–robot synergy in agriculture: A systems thinking perspective

E Aivazidou, N Tsolakis - Systems Research and Behavioral …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Digital transformation has unveiled new prospects for increased performance and
productivity in the agricultural sector to meet rising food security needs. Continuous …

Intellectual property meets transdisciplinary co-design: prioritizing responsiveness in the production of new AgTech through located response-ability

KA Burch, D Nafus, K Legun, L Klerkx - Agriculture and Human Values, 2023 - Springer
This paper explores the complex relationship between intellectual property (IP) and the
transdisciplinary collaborative design (co-design) of new digital technologies for agriculture …

Social and ethical considerations for agricultural robotics

K Ayris, DC Rose - 2023 - library.oapen.org
The scaling of agricultural robotics could help us to achieve sustainable agricultural
transitions around the world, solving production, environmental, and socio-political …

Realising the promises of agricultural big data through a Māori Data Sovereignty approach

K Taiuru, K Burch, S Finlay-Smits - New Zealand Economic Papers, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This perspective piece considers how principles of Māori Data Sovereignty can bring us
closer to realising some of the social and environmental promises of new AgTech and the …

Rethinking 'responsibility'in precision agriculture innovation: lessons from an interdisciplinary research team

E Prutzer, M Gardezi, DM Rizzo, M Emery… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We examine the interactions, decisions, and evaluations of an interdisciplinary team of
researchers tasked with developing an artificial intelligence-based agricultural decision …

Exploring inclusion in UK agricultural robotics development: who, how, and why?

K Ayris, A Jackman, A Mauchline, DC Rose - Agriculture and Human …, 2024 - Springer
The global agricultural sector faces a significant number of challenges for a sustainable
future, and one of the tools proposed to address these challenges is the use of automation in …