We are looking for robotic solutions that address challenges for the agrifood sector!!
agROBOfood builds upon its' existing network and ecosystem and uses the mechanism of Open Calls to provide financial support to third parties, in order to accelerate network expansion, driven by the robotics community and the European agrifood sector. Two types of Open Calls are foreseen – two Open Calls for Innovation Experiments and one Open Call for Industrial Challenges. The Open Call for Industrial Challenges is now officially launched!
The overall concept of the Industrial Challenges is that real industry problems seek real tech solutions. In this context, the agri-food and robotics consortium partners together with the Industrial Advisory Board have defined real industry challenges/problems stemming from their portfolio. Each challenge is composed of a technical component and a complementary component. The technical component demands the development or improvement of (existing) robotic technology-based solutions The complementary component requires a socio-economic analysis or assessments of complementary social, economic, environmental, or ethical aspects of the newly designed solution. The 5 defined challenges are listed below.
Challenge 1
Can optimized spraying lead to improved environmental conditions?
| Technical component: Robots for spot spraying |
| Complementary component: Analysis of environmental benefits of spot spraying solutions compared to existing options as well as alternative growing possibilities |
Challenge 2
Can robots improve working conditions in the labour force in the fresh and processed food industry?
| Technical component: Robots for logistics picking, packing and palletizing |
| Complementary component: Analysis of the impact of robotics in the field of food logistics on the reduction of labour force or generation of new job opportunities |
Challenge 3
Are robots in the livestock industry posing ethical challenges by replacing human labour with machines?
| Technical component: Robots for livestock feeding |
| Complementary component: Analysis of the ethical challenges and their perception when human labour is replaced by machines |
Challenge 4
What added value can harvesting robots bring compared to existing machinery solutions?
| Technical component: Robots for selective harvesting |
| Complementary component: Analysis and assessment of the exact benefits of robotic technologies compared to already existing agricultural machinery |
Challenge 5
What new business opportunities do robots for cleaning livestock farms bring?
| Technical component: Robots for cleaning |
| Complementary component: Analysis and projections of new business models including service-based business models |
For more information please refer to our frequently asked questions section here. The section is updated on a frequent basis to include your questions.
| Name | Contact person | European countries |
|---|---|---|
| Cluster Leader | Erik Pekkeriet | All Clusters |
| North East Europe | Jacob Kortbek | Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus |
| North West Europe | Erik Pekkeriet | The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, United Kingdom, Ireland |
| France & Italy | Farzam Ranjbaran | France, Italy |
| Iberia (South West) | Ferran Roure | Spain, Portugal |
| Central Eastern Europe | Marko Prokin | Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro |
| Central North Europe | Ahmad Issa | Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary |
| East Mediterranean Europe | Michael Koutsiaras | Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel |
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Call Title | Industriall Challenges Open Call |
| Call Identifier | Industrial Challenges |
| Description | Real industry problems seek real tech solutions.The partners with the Industrial Advisory Board have defined real industry challenges/problems stemming from their portfolio. |
| Type of open call | NA |
| Publication Date | 20th October 2020 |
| Deadline | 20th January 2021 |
| Maximum amount of financial support for each project | 300.000 Euros |
| Expected duration of project | May 2021 to September 2022 |
| Target applicants | Individual Applicants/SMEs |
| Type of applicants | Single entity |
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AGRIFOOD ROBOTICS
agROBOfood builds the European ecosystem for the effective adoption of robotics technologies in the European agri-food sector and accelerates the digital transformation to make the European agri-food sector more efficient and competitive.
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This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 825395.
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