	{"id":28726,"date":"2024-04-29T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/?p=28726"},"modified":"2024-04-24T21:43:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:43:15","slug":"partnership-provides-hands-on-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/partnership-provides-hands-on-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnership provides hands-on experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A PARTNERSHIP between Federation University Australia and Bulmer Farms is developing new farm automation technology.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the universities co-operative model, students work directly with employers to prepare them for the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Student Rizan Mohamed is working with Bulmer Farms to help create technology which will speed up the process of harvesting baby broccoli, a process which is currently time consuming.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The project involves developing robotic systems that efficiently handle and harvest baby broccoli, leveraging cutting-edge technologies like computer vision and robotics to improve agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability,&#8221; said Mr Mohamed.<\/p>\n<p>Bulmer Farms agronomist and co-supervisor, Alexandra Keith, said advances in technology are changing the future of harvesting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101869\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-101869\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/04\/Rizantech_89970_tn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr Mohamed has been working on technology which will speed up the process of harvesting baby broccoli. 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