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Workshop Program

09:00–09:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Moderator: Prof. Grzegorz Cielniak
Speaker: Prof. Chunjiang Zhao (Pending)
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
09:15–10:15 Session 1: Advances in Design to Deal with the Complex Agricultural Environment
Moderator: Dr. Ya Xiong
• 09:15–09:45: Manoj Karkee (WSU)
"Robotics for Crop-Load Management in Orchards"
• 09:45–10:15: Wei Han (Aiforcetech)
"Challenges and Practices of Electric Unmanned Tractors"
10:15–11:05 Workshop Paper Presentations (Morning)
Host: Prof. Longsheng Fu
11:05–11:35 Poster Pitches + Coffee Break
Host: Dr. Gert Kootstra
11:35–12:35 Session 2: Advances in Perception to Deal with the Complex Agricultural Environment
Moderator: Prof. Longsheng Fu
• 11:35–12:05: Stavros Vougioukas (UC Davis)
Topic: Pending
• 12:05–12:35: Zhao Zhang (China Agricultural University)
"Sensing and Automation Technology Progress for Apple Harvest"
12:35–13:35 Lunch Break
13:35–15:05 Session 3: Advances in Control to Deal with the Complex Agricultural Environment
Moderator: Dr. Gert Kootstra
• 13:35–14:05: Chris Lehnert (QUT)
"Advancing Agricultural Robotics: Handling Deformable Environments and Precision Manipulation Challenges"
• 14:05–14:35: Amir Ghalamzan (University of Surrey)
Topic: Pending
• 14:35–15:05: Andrea Gasparri (Università degli Studi "Roma Tre")
"EU project CANOPIES: A Collaborative Paradigm for Human Workers and Multi-Robot Teams in Precision Agriculture Systems"
15:05–15:55 Workshop Paper Presentations (Afternoon)
Host: Dr. Ya Xiong
15:55–16:25 Poster Session + Coffee Break
Host: Prof. Longsheng Fu
Interactive discussions with poster authors
16:25–17:15 Session 4: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
Moderator: Prof. Grzegorz Cielniak
• 16:25–16:40: Break-Out Discussions
• 16:40–17:15: Plenary Sharing Session
17:15–17:30 Closing Remarks
Speaker: Prof. Grzegorz Cielniak
Summary of key takeaways and announcements