Photo of Small Robot Company’s ‘Tom v4’ agritech robot

A pioneering autonomous robot is set to help farmers better monitor the health status of individual crop plants and reduce herbicide use. Experts from the National Robotarium, the UK’s world-leading centre for robotics and artificial intelligence, and the James-Hutton Institute will use Small Robot Company’s ‘Tom v4’ agritech robot to remotely scan agricultural fields to…

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A five-year project assesses Scottish wildcat population and proposes measures to safeguard the species. This multi-partner project has established long-term plans to secure the future of the critically endangered wildcat in Scotland. Their findings suggest that there are too few wildcats for their populations to be sustainable, and the current wild population is no longer…

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Due to unprecedented challenges, Scottish salmon farms witnessed high losses of fish in 2022, double of the previous year, data from the Fish Health Inspectorate has shown. At the same time, and in spite of this, Scotland produced more farmed fish than ever before. Despite universal adoption of vaccination programs and an unrelenting focus on…

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The Roslin Institute in Edinburgh is benefiting from a share of £376m to support its research into pioneering animal bioscience. The strategic funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, part of UKRI, will support research into genes and traits for healthy animals and prevention and control of infectious diseases. It will enable Roslin’s…

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A unique burrowing robot which ‘swims’ through grain bulks to ensure crops are stored more efficiently has been launched by agritech developer Crover, a new tenant of the world-leading centre for robotics and artificial intelligence the National Robotarium. The t-shaped robot, which is being funded by Innovate UK, Scottish Enterprise and private funders, has been…

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Image of Vaccine drop in centre, Malawi

More people could be protected from life-threatening rabies thanks to an agile approach to dog vaccination using smart phone technology to spot areas of low vaccination coverage in real time. Vets used a smart phone app to help them halve the time it takes to complete dog vaccination programmes in the Malawian city of Blantyre.…

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The University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Innovation Centre (RIC) and Deep Science Ventures (DSV) have partnered to deliver Scotland’s first agricultural venture builder.   The ‘FAST’ programme combines the Roslin Institute’s expertise and facilities across genomics, veterinary biosciences, biotechnology and agriculture with DSV’s expertise in launching science companies. Each year, the partnership will launch several technology…

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