Seminar Series - PhenoRob

We constantly invite researchers and industry experts to share their results with the PhenoRob community. See below for videos of these talks. Explore the events calendar for all upcoming talks.

PhenoRob Talks

Grzegorz Cielniak, University of Lincoln (10.03.2023)

35th PhenoRob Seminar Series with Grzegorz Cielniak (University of Lincoln) on “Robotic Solutions for Automation in Horticulture”

Jan Börner, University of Bonn (10.03.2023)

35th PhenoRob Seminar Series with Jan Börner on “Adoption and impacts of robotics & sensing in agriculture: pathways to upscaling”

Rick van de Zedde, Wageningen University & Research (13.01.2023)

33rd PhenoRob Seminar Series with Rick van de Zedde (Wageningen University) on “Digital Twin Development for Tomato – Virtual Plant Modelling, Plant Measurements, Data Storage & Processing and Information Extraction at the Netherlands Plant Eco-Phenotyping Centre (NPEC)”

Nina Buchmann, ETH Zürich (13.01.2023)

33rd PhenoRob Seminar Series with Nina Buchmann (ETH Zürich) on “From high time resolution measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes to climate-smart management of agroecosystems”

A. Schnepf - S. Seidel, University of Bonn (11.11.2022)

A. Schnepf – S. Seidel, University of Bonn (11.11.2022)

32nd PhenoRob Seminar Series with Andrea Schnepf and Sabine Seidel (University of Bonn) on ” Core Project 3: Putting the Soil-Root Zone into Sustainable Crop Production “

Daniel Wallach, University of Bonn (14.10.2022)

31st PhenoRob Seminar Series with Daniel Wallach (University of Bonn) on “What are the “best” crop model parameter values?”

Andreas Schieber, University of Bonn (11.11.2022)

32nd PhenoRob Seminar Series with Andreas Schieber (University of Bonn) on ” Secondary plant metabolites: Research across the disciplines “

Henning Hintzsche, University of Bonn (23.09.2022)

30th PhenoRob Seminar Series with Henning Hintzsche (University of Bonn) on “Current developments in Experimental and Regulatory Toxicology”

Amy Marshall-Colon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne (23.09.2022)

30th PhenoRob Seminar Series with Amy Marshall-Colon (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne) on “Uncovering dynamic changes in signaling across cell types in the Sorghum bicolor stem”

Girish Chowdhary, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (06.07.2022)

29th PhenoRob Seminar Series with Girish Chowdhary (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) on “Advancing Autonomy for Agricultural Robotics”

Zbyněk Malenovský, University of Bonn (06.07.2022)

29th PhenoRob Seminar Series with Zbyněk Malenovský (University of Bonn) on “Quantitative remote sensing of plant functional traits: Machine-learning retrievals driven by physically modelled upscaling”

Matthias Wissuwa, University of Tokyo (10.06.2022)

28th PhenoRob Seminar Series with Matthias Wissuwa (University of Tokyo) on “Improving resource capture in nutrient and water limited environments: A breeding approach based on root system modeling, genomic prediction, and on-farm selection”

Chris McCool, University of Bonn (13.05.2022)

27th PhenoRob Seminar Series with Chris McCool (University of Bonn) on “Robotic Vision in Precision Agriculture”

Gabriel Schaaf, University of Bonn & Andrea Schnepf, Forschungszentrum Jülich (13.05.2022)

27th PhenoRob Seminar Series with Gabriel Schaaf (University of Bonn) & Andrea Schnepf (Forschungszentrum Jülich) on “Crop Responses under Phosphate Deficiency: Integration of Plant Physiology in Sensing and Modelling”

Vikram Adve, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (06.04.2022)

Vikram Adve gives an “Overview of the AIFARMS National AI Institute and Edge Computing for Digital Agriculture” as part of the PhenoRob Seminar Series.

Katie Driggs-Campbell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (06.04.2022)

Katie Driggs-Campbell gives a talk on “Robust Navigation for Agricultural Robots via Anomaly Detection” as part of the PhenoRob Seminar Series.

Sven Behnke, University of Bonn and Uwe Rascher, FZJ (11.03.2022)

Sven Behnke (University of Bonn) and Uwe Rascher (FZJ) give a talk on “In-Field 4D Crop Reconstruction: Measuring and modeling individual plants and canopies in 3D over time with mobile robots”

Ralf Pude, University of Bonn (11.03.2022)

Ralf Pude gives a talk on “Are more perennial polycultures a perspective for sustainable agriculture?”

Christine Diepenbrock, UCDavis (09.02.2022)

Christine Diepenbrock (UC Davis) gives a talk on “Case Studies in Improving Crop Nutritional Quality and Abiotic Stress Tolerance”

Ilias Tagkopoulos, AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems (AIFS) (09.02.2022)

Ilias Tagkopoulos (AIFS) gives a talk on “AIFS -Challenges and Opportunities on the interface between AI and Food Systems”

Thomas Döring, University of Bonn (14.01.2022)

Thomas Döring (University of Bonn) gives a talk on “Diversification, Digitalisation and Robotics in Agriculture – Recent Developments and Results from Phenorob CP5” as part of the PhenoRob Seminar Series.

Sander Huisman, Forschungszentrum Jülich (14.01.2022)

Sander Huisman (Forschungszentrum Jülich) gives a talk on “Geophysics-based soil mapping for improved simulation of crop productivity” as part of the PhenoRob Seminar Series

Ixchel M. Hernández Ochoa, University of Bonn (17.12.2021)

Ixchel Hérnandez Ochoa, postdoctoral researcher with the Cluster of Excellence PhenoRob, gives a talk on “Model-aid evaluation and design of spatio-temporal crop diversification at the landscape scale by considering field heterogenities” as part of the PhenoRob Women in Science-Talk Series on December 17, 2021.

Sara Bauke, University of Bonn (17.12.2021)

Sara Bauke, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bonn, gives a talk on “Integrating subsoil nutrients into agricultural management” as part of the PhenoRob Women in Science-Talk Series on December 17, 2021.

Sebastian Rasch, University of Bonn (10.12.2021)

Sebastian Rasch (Uni Bonn) gives a talk on “Conceptual and methodological foundations of an agent based model of technology diffusion in agriculture” as part of the PhenoRob Seminar Series,

Jürgen Kusche, University of Bonn (10.12.2021)

Jürgen Kusche (Uni Bonn) gives a talk on “How (hydro-) geodesy monitors the global water cycle – results from the DFG research unit 2630 GlobalCDA” as part of the PhenoRob Seminar Series.

Sven Behnke, University of Bonn (12.04.2019)

Katja Herzog, Julius-Kühn Institut (23.11.2021)

Talk with Katja Herzog (Julius Kühn-Institut) on “The key role of high-performance phenotyping in grapevine breeding and precision viticulture”

Frank Dellaert, Georgia Tech (12.11.2021)

In the 21st edition of the PhenoRob Seminar Series, Prof. Frank Dellaert (Georgia Tech) gives a talk on “Factor Graphs for Perception and Action”.

David Bullock, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign/AIFARMS (18.10.2021)

We had the pleasure of hosting Prof. Dr. David Bullock from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign/AIFARMS. Listen here to his talk on “Contributing to an International Cyber-infrastructure for On-Farm Precision Experimentation”!

Thomas Döring, University of Bonn (09.07.2021)

In the 19th edition of the PhenoRob Seminar Series, Prof. Dr. Thomas Döring (University of Bonn) talks about “Mixed messages? – Tackling complexity in intercropping research”.

Eduard Zell, University of Bonn (08.10.2021)

In the 20th edition of the PhenoRob Seminar Series, Dr. Eduard Zell (Junior Research Group Leader at PhenoRob) gives a talk on “3D reconstruction of plants under practical constraints”.

Mrinalini Kochupillai, Munich Center for Technology in Society (24.09.2021)

Mrinalini Kochupillai, Guest professor at the Future Lab, Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observations (AI4EO) at Technical University of Munich gives a talk on “Incentivizing conservation, research and innovation with agrobiodiversity: Can blockchain/DLT help overcome regulatory and market failures?” as part of the PhenoRob “Women in Science” talk series.

Hugo Storm, University of Bonn (11.06.2021)

Christoph Scherber, Zoological Research Museum Alexander König (11.06.2021)

Marija Popovic, University of Bonn (21.05.2021)

Sabine Seidel, University of Bonn (16.04.2021)

Frank Ewert, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V. (16.04.2021)

Ribana Roscher, University of Bonn (05.03.2021)

Uwe Rascher & Onno Muller, Forschungszentrum Jülich (12.02.2021)

Annaliese Mason, University of Bonn (12.02.2021)

Armin Djamei, University of Bonn (08.01.2021)

Jan-Henrik Haunert, University of Bonn (08.01.2021)

Eike Luedeling, University of Bonn (09.10.2020)

Andreas Kemna, University of Bonn (09.10.2020)

Ulrich Schwaneberg, RWTH Aachen University (14.08.2020)

Mark Hoffmann & Julian Theis, Fraunhofer IAIS (14.08.2020)

Nik Petrinic: Impact and Shock Mechanics Research for High-Performance Engineering Products

Ute Nöthlings, University of Bonn (11.02.2020)

Ute Nöthlings – Sustainable Diets in Nutritional Epidemiology PhenoRob Women in Science Talk, Bonn, 11.02.2020

Asmeret A. Berhe, UC Merced (11.02.2020)

Asmeret Asefaw Berhe (UC Merced): HEALTHY SOIL – the key to ensuring food and nutritional security, and climate change mitigation

Aimee van Wynsberghe, TU Delft (11.02.2020)

Aimee van Wynsberghe – The cycle of women in robotics: from vicious to virtuous PhenoRob Women in Science Talk, Bonn, 11.02.2020

Margarita Chli, ETH Zürich (11.02.2020)

Margarita Chli – Teaching Robots to See PhenoRob Women in Science Talk, Bonn, 11.02.2020

Maren Bennewitz, University of Bonn (11.02.2020)

Maren Bennewitz – Action Selection Exploiting Semantic Information PhenoRob Women in Science Talk, Bonn, 11.02.2020

PhenoRob Women in Science Talk Series - Welcome by Klaus Sandmann

PhenoRob Women in Science Talk Series – Welcome by Klaus Sandmann

Klaus Sandmann, Vice Rector for University Development and Equal Opportunity. PhenoRob Women in Science Talk Series, Bonn, 11.02.2020

Emily Burchfield, Emory University (26.06.2020)

Emily Burchfield (Emory University): Cultivating Food Security in a Changing World

James Schnabel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (10.06.2020)

James Schnable (University of Nebraska–Lincoln): Climbing the Phenotyper’s Pyramid: Plants to Photos to Genes

Amy Marshall-Colon, University of Illinois (04.06.2020)

Amy Marshall-Colon (University of Illinois): Combining gene network, metabolic and leaf-level models shows means to future-proof soybean photosynthesis under rising CO2

Keynote Talk by C. Stachniss: Robots in the Field - Towards Sustainable Crop Production (ICRA'20)

Keynote Talk by C. Stachniss: Robots in the Field – Towards Sustainable Crop Production (ICRA’20)

Robots in the Fields: Directions Towards Sustainable Crop Production ICRA 2020 Keynote Talk by Cyrill Stachniss International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Paris, 2020 Abstract: Food, feed, fiber, and fuel: Crop farming plays an essential role for the future of humanity and our planet. We heavily rely on agricultural production and at the same time, we need to reduce the footprint of agriculture production: less input of chemicals like herbicides and fertilizer and other limited resources. Simultaneously, the decline in arable land and climate change pose additional constraints like drought, heat, and other extreme weather events. Robots and other new technologies offer promising directions to tackle different management challenges in agricultural fields. To achieve this, autonomous field robots need the ability to perceive and model their environment, to predict possible future developments, and to make appropriate decisions in complex and changing situations. This talk will showcase recent developments towards robot-driven sustainable crop production. We will illustrate how certain management tasks can be automized using UAVs and UGVs and which new ways this technology offers. Among work conducted in collaborative European projects, the talk covers ongoing developments of the Cluster of Excellence “PhenoRob – Robotics and Phenotyping for Sustainable Crop Production” and some of our current exploitation activities.