Smart Farming

Course content

After successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• name the goals, potentials and challenges of smart farming.
• name the essential sensor technologies and compare and evaluate them in the context of agriculture.
• name and categorise different types of digital agricultural systems by way of example, reflect the structure of different devices, describe and assess their use and benefits
• describe the challenges of the interaction between complex organisms and technologies.
• communicate professionally with specialists from the agricultural sector

Content:

• General principles of agriculture in relation to digitalisation
• Sensor use in crop production and animal husbandry
• Challenges of agricultural systems for sensors and robots
• Development of monitoring systems
• Technology assessment
• Data streams in agriculture