Shutting out the noise...

Going back over 200 years William Wordsworth wrote these lines about feeling out of tune, feeing overwhelmed.. This flower's perfection stopped me for a few moments this week..

The world is too much with us; late and soon,

Getting and spending we lay waste our powers;

Little we see in Nature that is ours;

We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!

This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon,

The winds that will be howling at all hours,

And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,

For this, for everything, we are out of tune..

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Investigating robot acceptance in UK agriculture - paper published

Great to see our co-authored paper "Investigating robot acceptance in UK agriculture" published in the Journal of Rural Studies. Key highlights: 1) Robot acceptance varies significantly by farming sector and job role. 2) Workers prefer robots assisting with tasks but reject robots making operational decisions. 3) Older individuals showed higher robot acceptance, reversing trends in other sectors. 4) Building familiarity is key to driving the adoption of agricultural robots. Do check it out

Vice-chair of the East Malling Trust

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