6th Scientific Workshop

While agricultural robots are nowadays capable of performing specific tasks with a certain level of autonomy, their performance remains limited in complex settings. Indeed, the diversity of the environment and its changing nature, as well as the difficulty in interpretation due to the wide variety of situations, lead robots to operate outside the operating scope for which they were designed. It is therefore necessary for such autonomous machines to implement interpretation and adaptation mechanisms that allow them to modify their behavior according to the task at hand and the evolving context. This implies having adaptation mechanisms that engage perception, interpretation, recognition, and decision-making functions. While recent scientific advances, particularly in Artificial Intelligence, have shown progress in environmental recognition, applying this to complex agricultural domains, especially in an agroecological context, remains a significant challenge. It is especially true when human presence and the necessary human/robot interaction require such machines to modify their behavior based on the actions of surrounding people. This condition is essential to enable the dissemination of robotic tools in agriculture and enhance the overall robotic safety, which is largely dependent on the acceptability of new technologies. This workshop will address the various scientific and technological developments in the adaptability, robustness, and interactivity of agricultural robots' behavior. The workshop topics include, but are not limited to: ● Environment perception ● Scene interpretation ● Environment recognition ● Human-robot interaction ● Operational safety and security ● Observation and control ● Decision-making and adaptation mechanisms The presentations selected for the Workshop will be organized around the following three main sessions: ● Session 1: Exploiting Artificial Intelligence tools in agricultural robotics ● Session 2: Use and sharing of data for planning and decision-making ● Session 3: Innovative tools for robots adapted to new practices The discussions will continue with a debate session during the Grand Challenge of Agricultural Robotics workshops, in connection with advances in the acceptability of digital technologies for agriculture's ecological transition.