The TrimBot2020 project was mentioned in an article on Horizon: the EU Research & Innovation magazine. Here an extract of the article, which you can read here.
“It’s a similar story for the robotic hedge trimmer being developed by a separate group of researchers. All the farmer or groundskeeper needs to do is mark which hedge needs trimming.
‘The user will sketch the garden, though not too accurately,’ said Bob Fisher, computer vision scientist at Edinburgh University, UK, and coordinator of the EU-funded TrimBot2020 project. ‘The robot will go into the garden and come back with a tidied-up sketch map. At that point, the user can say go trim that hedge, or mark what’s needed on the map.’
This autumn will see the arm and the robot base assembled together, while the self-driving bot will be set off around the garden next spring.“.
