'Robotics Advances for Precision Farming' Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 Work Programme 2017 Call "Sustainable Food Security (SFS)" TOPIC SFS-05-2017: 'Robotics Advances for Precision Farming' José RUIZ ESPI DG Agriculture and Rural Development European Commission The presentation shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting commitment by the European Commission
Robotics Advances for Precision Farming SFS-05-2017 Robotics Advances for Precision Farming CHALLENGES Farming: sustainability, productivity, laborious manual work Existing automated systems: flexibility, efficiency, robustness, operator costs, capital investment Technology: demonstrate new robotics technologies in real- world, fitting user needs including lower / more targeted fertilisation
Robotics Advances for Precision Farming SFS-05-2017 Robotics Advances for Precision Farming SCOPE Design, development and testing of robotic systems for precision farming, including: Devices: farm vehicles, sensors, intervention mechanisms Use: selective harvesting, more targeted weed reduction or environment friendly fertilization, livestock management Better traceability to optimise the whole agriculture process
Robotics Advances for Precision Farming SFS-05-2017 Robotics Advances for Precision Farming IMPACT Increased productivity More environment-friendly processes Increased safety, reliability & manageability of technology Improving human working conditions
Robotics Advances for Precision Farming SFS-05-2017 Robotics Advances for Precision Farming TOPIC CONDITIONS Topic opening: 04 Oct 2016 Topic deadline: 14 Feb 2017 Topic budget: € 7 M Estimated EC contribution: € 2-4 M / project 2-3 projects expected
Useful resources PPP in robotics: SPARC Topic group on Agricultural Robots https://eu-robotics.net/ppp/objectives-of-our-topic-groups/ Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) https://eu-robotics.net/cms/upload/PPP/SRA2020_SPARC.pdf Multi-Annual Roadmap (MAR) http://sparc-robotics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/H2020-Robotics-Multi-Annual-Roadmap-ICT-2016.pdf