SFIRP | Career Q&A Sessions – Robotic Farming Digital Learning Kit

Robotic Farming

The use of robotics provides a new and novel approach to food and fibre production. These exciting and innovative production systems showcase the inventiveness of engineers and entrepreneurs challenging thoughts around production. This series of videos demonstrates the adoption of robotics in food and fibre production helping students make the connection between engineering and agriculture. They highlight some the commonalities between system thinking in engineering and agriculture. They include content on the use of robots in fruit picking and and provide examples of working on a fully automated dairy farm.

This Digital Learning Kit resource contains:

• 3 Videos
• 1 Worksheets PDF

Robotic Farming Digital Learning Kit – Worksheets

The Robotic Farming Student Worksheet is designed to be used in conjunction with the videos. These worksheets give students the opportunity to answer questions about the videos, create a job description for a role and research agricultural careers in greater detail.

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Associated Agriculture Careers Resources:

• PIEFA Career Paths in Agriculture Poster
• PIEFA Step into Agriculture Poster
• Charles Sturt University Careers in Agriculture Poster

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Robotic Farming Digital Learning Kit – Videos

This series of Career Q&A videos forms part of a suite of resources promoting careers within agriculture. Three candidates are interviewed and asked the same series of questions about their careers in agriculture. The videos can either be watched individually, depending on the topic, or all three of the videos can be watched together. To explore the rest of our Digital Learning Kits, based on the other themes, please click

The following videos discuss some of the industry’s issues as well as demonstrating the variety of roles, both as producers and off farm roles within the industry.

• Salah Sukkarieh, Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Sydney University
  
• Tori Brindle-Mansell, Automated Dairy Farm
• Hunter Jay, CEO of Ripe Robotics

The candidates are asked the following questions:

• Where did you go to school and what was your favourite subject?
• Describe what you do.
• Describe a typical day.
• Explain how what you do is adapted for Australian agriculture.
• Explain how technology has changed the way you do things.
• Identify something that surprised you about your career.
• Describe the most useful skill you require for your role.
• Identify some of the challenges facing young people starting in your role and explain how they can overcome them.
• What shoes do you wear to work?
• Where do you sit on the CSU Career Pathway Poster?

Career Q&A | Salah Sukkarieh, Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Sydney University (9.15 min)

Career Q&A | Tori Brindle-Mansell, Automated Dairy Farm (9.26 min)

Career Q&A | Hunter Jay, CEO of Ripe Robotics (8.28 min)