Integrated robotic and software platform as a support system for farm level business decisions
Project information
Integrated robotic and software platform as a support system for farm level business decisionsCall: Integrated ICT and automation for sustainable agricultural production
Id: 34754
Acronym: ROBOFARM
Duration:
1 September, 2011 to 31 August, 2013
Consortium:
| No | Partner | Contact | Country | Total 1000€ | Funded 1000€ | Funder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Coord. | Department of Agricultural Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna | Maurizio Canavari | Italy | 142.1 | 86.3 | Ministry of Agriculture Food, Forestry & Tourism Policies |
| 2 | Harper Adams University College | Simon Blackmore | United Kingdom | 0.0 | 0.0 | None |
| 3 | Dept. of Agricultural Engineering & Technology Faculty of Agriculture Ege University | Arif Behiç Tekin | Turkey | 138.7 | 138.7 | Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey |
| 4 | Center for Research and Technology, Thessaly | Spyros Fountas | Greece | 169.5 | 169.5 | Managing Authority of the Rural Development Plan Ministry of Rural Development & Food |
Summary:
The main objective of the ROBOFARM project is to create a technology platform that integrates and harmonizes existing software and hardware technologies into a single system and makes use of robots equipped with sensors and active vision systems to collect data from the fields automatically, in order to feed a Decision Support System (DSS) for the farm management and considering the agronomical, environmental and food safety aspects.