- Harvesting Automation & Robotics
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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LAST CHANCE TO WIN $10,000 IN THE 2026 HARVESTING MICRO INNOVATION CHALLENGE!
Got a solution to a forestry problem? You’ve still got time to get your idea submitted in the 2026 Harvesting Micro Innovation Challenge. Closing date
Shredded Wood for Roading: Innovative Use of Harvesting Residues
FGR assisted Hamish Scown of Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd with recent trials of using shredded wood from forestry debris as temporary roading aggregate. Three
Teloperation to improve safety and productivity and address labour shortages
At the Forest Growers Research Annual Conference in October 2025, Paul Milliken of Applied Teleoperation Ltd (ATL) reviewed two innovations in cable yarding: a teleoperation
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