1. 'Robotics Advances for Precision Farming'
Horizon 2020
Societal Challenge 2
Work Programme 2017
Call "Sustainable Food Security (SFS)"
TOPIC SFS :
'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

2. Robotics Advances for Precision Farming
SFS
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

3. Robotics Advances for Precision Farming
SFS
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

4. Robotics Advances for Precision Farming
SFS
Robotics Advances for Precision Farming
IMPACT
Increased productivity
More environment-friendly processes
Increased safety, reliability & manageability of technology
Improving human working conditions

5. Robotics Advances for Precision Farming
SFS
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

6. Useful resources PPP in robotics: SPARC
Topic group on Agricultural Robots
Strategic Research Agenda (SRA)
Multi-Annual Roadmap (MAR)