Company background
Tillett and Hague Technology was formed in 2005 in order to provide a service to the agricultural industry and government departments that would otherwise have been lost on the closure of Silsoe Research Institute. The founders Nick Tillett and Tony Hague both worked on automation technologies at Silsoe Research Institute.
Our business is based on
conducting research
and development contracts for industry and government departments. We also license our technology to the
agricultural industry and provide technical support in its implementation. We have a broad
range of expertise in the field of automation covering mechanical
design,
electronics, real time computing and control.
This allows us to offer complete in house solutions, though
we normally collaborate closely with industrial and academic partners.
Nick Tillett BSc, PhD, CEng, MIMechE
Nick is a mechanical engineer
by training
who gained his PhD in robotics applied to horticulture.
He has 4 years experience in manufacturing
industry followed by 20 years experience of research in agricultural
automation
at Silsoe Research Institute. The later
ranging from Robot milking to cauliflower harvesting.
His most recent work has concentrated on vision guidance for
applications such as inter-row cultivation and precision chemical
application. This has led to a number
of joint awards including: Engineering applied to Agriculture 2000 from
the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Engineering Council Environment
award 2001, the RASE technology award 2005 and a EurAgEng Outstanding Paper Award 2008. He
has led a number of collaborative projects and has considerable
experience of
working with agricultural engineering companies, farmer’s organisations
and
government departments.
Tony Hague BSc, DPhil, CEng, MIEE
Tony obtained his first degree in computer systems engineering and went on to obtain his PhD in motion planning for autonomous vehicles. He has a very long standing interest in robotics and automation having worked on an autonomous container port vehicle before joining Silsoe Research Institute in 1993. His work at Silsoe concentrated on vision guidance and autonomous operation for field crop protection applications. The technical quality of this work was recognised by a number of joint awards including: Engineering applied to Agriculture 2000 from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Engineering Council Environment award 2001.