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Dr. Slobodanka Tomic is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence, and sustainable agriculture. Her primary research focuses on developing autonomous multi-robot systems for precision farming, with a particular emphasis on environmentally-safe pest control. Dr. Tomic's most influential work, "Fleets of robots for environmentally-safe pest control in agriculture" (2016), has garnered 222 citations and addresses the critical challenge of reducing pesticide use while maintaining food production for a growing global population. She has made significant contributions to task allocation in heterogeneous robotic fleets, introducing innovative frameworks like the Shared Knowledge Interaction Modelling (SKIM) system, which enables adaptive autonomy and semantic reasoning for optimal robot-team coordination. Her 2014 paper on autonomous crop protection (91 citations) further demonstrates her impact on practical agricultural robotics. Dr. Tomic's work on the agriOpenLink project (2013) pioneers open interfaces and linked data services for adaptive agricultural processes, showcasing her commitment to interoperable, scalable solutions. Through her research, she is helping to shape a future where fleets of intelligent robots work alongside humans to achieve sustainable, high-yield farming with minimal environmental impact.