Digging Deep: Predicting Soil Temperatures with Meteorological and Remote Sensing Data

How do we know what’s happening beneath the soil without even touching it? The answer to this question is useful in many fields, especially farming and agronomy. Our data scientist, Lotta-Lorette, searched for the best answer in collaboration with the Estonian precision farming company eAgronom. Her work focused on soil temperature 5 cm below ground

Folli - artificial intelligence project

What flies but is not a bird – artificial intelligence ‘Folli’ sees and knows

Artificial intelligence systems, known as ‘kratt’* in Estonian, are revolutionizing the way people tackle big, data-intensive, and repetitive tasks by providing faster and easier solutions. The government has a major role in developing these systems, as AI is increasingly being deployed in diverse areas. Estonia’s Heritage Board is one of the cultural institutions that recognizes

AI creates plays: How did STACC make robots to write, and act plays inspired by Chekhov?

Did you know that robots aren’t just made for scrubbing the floors and other types of dirty work? They can be used to do lots of other exciting things, like theatre. To break the cult of robots scrubbing floors and mowing lawns, MEDITA researcher Liina Keevallik took it upon herself to do something particularly cultural and beautiful with robots – robot theatre.