Staff Directory - Kit Franklin | Harper Adams University

Teaching Areas

Agricultural Engineering specialism modules
Mechanical Engineering modules
Supervise agricultural machinery design, test and development projects.

Research Interests

Hands Free Hectare - Principle Investigator

https://youtu.be/1F7SnQPEpYk - Oxford Farming Conference Hands Free Hectare talk

Agricultural Automation
Development of innovative agricultural machinery
Intelligent implements
Integration of control within tractor-implement management (TIM)
Application of novel technology to solve agricultural problems
Precision farming
Novel agri pest management
5G - rural implementation & opportunity
CAV - Connected Autonomous Vehicles

Professional Memberships

Member of the Institution of Agricultural Engineering, Trustee & Executive Committee member

Member of BSI Technical Subcommittee AGE/6/4, developing BS 8646, Use of crop robots in agriculture and horticulture – Code of practice

Joint head of the IAgrE Robotics Specailist Interest Group (Roboticd SIG): https://iagre.org/robotics-specialist-interst-group

Academic Department: Engineering

Tel: +44 (0)1952 81 5375

Twitter: @AgEngResearch

Office: E14 Applied Engineering Facilities

Publications

Other publications

James Lowenberg-DeBoer, Kit Franklin, Karl Behrendt & Richard Godwin (2021) Economics of autonomous equipment for arable farms Precision Agriculture 2021

Additional Information

Awarded as 2017 Farmers Weekly "Rising Star" in Agriculture.

Awarded the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) 2021 President’s Award for role in the Hands Free projects and publicity of the Agricultural Engineering profession to the wider public.