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Ola Ringdahl is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Umeå University, specializing in robotics for agriculture and forestry. He serves as the Director of the MSc program in AI and teaches multiple courses.
- Research Group: Intelligent Robotics
- Affiliation: Umeå University, Department of Computer Science
His research focuses on developing novel artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms for autonomous and semi-autonomous robotic navigation, industrial manipulator path planning using 3D localization, and perception algorithms for semantic data extraction from sensors. Projects include EU initiatives Sweeper and CROPS for fruit harvesting robots. Publications highlight applications in precision agriculture/forestry and sensor fusion.
Recent publications analyze advancements in agricultural robotics using machine learning, human-robot interaction via multi-camera systems, and grape vine detection with RGB-D data. The majority of his work addresses outdoor environments and sensor-driven decision-making in autonomous systems.
- Key Collaborators: Polina Kurtser, Thomas Hellström, Yael Edan
Ola leads the Intelligent Robotics group and has participated in long-term projects like PRECISION (2018-2021), SOCRATES (2016-2020), Sweeper (2015-2018), and CROPS (2010-2014). His work combines academic research with practical implementation in real-world agricultural and forestry settings.
