- Harvesting Automation & Robotics
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As mechanisation and automation within the forest industry increases, the demands on forest workers are changing. In this workstream we aim to identify the impact of automation on people and the specialist skills and knowledge required to manage and operate new technology; also the training and support forest workers need and tools that can help deliver this.
- Benchmarking Harvesting Cost & Productivity
- Cognitive & Physical Interaction
- Harvesting Operator Wellbeing Workshops
- New Job Design
- Operating Techniques
- Workforce Skills & Development
- New Standards and Qualifications
- Targeted Projects – MICRO Innovation
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Harvesting Automation and Robotics News

Hamish Scown wins “Best Young Presenter”award at Low Volume Roads conference
The Low Volume Roads (LVR) 2026 Workshop, hosted by the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA), took place on the 20th-21st August 2026,

World-first prototype gives logs a permanent digital identity
MEDIA RELEASE: 20th August 2026 Forest Growers Research (FGR) and Polish technology company Deeplai have successfully demonstrated a world-first system that can give each harvested

HarvestTECH & Wood Transport Logistics 2026 Conference
When & Where: 10-11 November 2026, Rotorua “Smarter Technologies to Improve our Industry” The Conference will combine HarvestTECH and Woodflow logistics across harvesting, log transport,