Kehinde Oluseyi Olagunju

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Kehinde Oluseyi Olagunju is a forward-thinking researcher at the intersection of agricultural technology, policy, and robotics. His work critically examines the regulatory and practical barriers to adopting autonomous equipment in field crop production, a key area for the future of sustainable farming. Olagunju’s most cited paper, “Lessons to be learned in adoption of autonomous equipment for field crops” (2021, 52 citations), provides a foundational analysis of the technical and economic feasibility of crop robots, while highlighting pivotal regulatory hurdles such as on-site human supervision, liability for machine errors, and intellectual property concerns. His follow-up study, “The impact of regulation on autonomous crop equipment in Europe” (2021, 5 citations), offers early evidence that requiring human oversight may concentrate robot use on larger farms with expansive fields, shaping adoption patterns. Together, these contributions illuminate how policy can accelerate or stifle agricultural innovation. Olagunju’s work is essential reading for students and researchers in agri-tech, policy studies, and robotics, offering a clear-eyed view of the path toward smarter, more efficient farming.