<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/C80FBC9D-2AD2-4105-BCB1-EAE9295DBCB4" ns1:id="C80FBC9D-2AD2-4105-BCB1-EAE9295DBCB4"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/B39F4EF2-9972-49FF-B08E-BA62D954903A" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/D5B82609-16F0-4E10-ACDF-E519FE9ACD69" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/0F855D6F-07A2-44C5-8094-2F374171845D" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/5F757471-288A-4A3C-8E66-E5C76C12C99C" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/D5B82609-16F0-4E10-ACDF-E519FE9ACD69" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2022-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/5C4197A5-46F2-4DEA-A2BB-630419BB2532" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2021-03-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">97167</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Building Resilient Robotic Harvesters for High Value Field Vegetables</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>ISCF</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>This industrial research project will further develop the capabilities of an existing robotic vegetable harvesting concept in order to develop a prototype that can be used for commercial trials during the 2022 harvest season in the UK. There will be a special focus on the resilience of the machine in an in-field environment as well as cyber threats from external agents.

This project addresses both labour shortages in agriculture and the UK's move towards net-zero greenhouse emissions. This project is led by Muddy Machines Ltd, an agricultural robotics start-up and supported by leading UK asparagus experts at JGHC Limited and cybersecurity experts Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>