# See the unseen – we cannot automate what we cannot see in agriculture and aquaculture. _by Richard Green _(Univ. of Canterbury, NZ)_ - 2024.09.26_ ###### tags: `VAADER` `Seminar` ![d3rb0ar5](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/BJ3ocFF6C.bmp) ## Abstract We cannot automate what we cannot see – so our recent breakthroughs with NeRF and Gaussian splatting is helping to solve leaf occlusion to enable a rapid uptake of agricultural automation. I will describe our contributions across these research areas, including recent autonomous systems research into drones pruning forests, robots pruning vineyards, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) inspecting mussel lines to detect invasive biofouling species and AUVs mapping the seabed to locate scallops. I will also discuss the challenges that remain and so propose potential directions for future work.