Project description DEENESFRITPL Robotics and automation for insect farming Food insecurity represents one of the biggest challenges in the 21st century. Edible insects emerge as a potentially sustainable solution for food for humans and animals. To improve mass production and breeding and reduce their costs, the development of research, innovation, farming protocols and standardisation is necessary as well as the robotisation and automation of insect farms. The EU-funded CoRoSect project focuses on the connection of research on bionomics and the life cycle of insects with new robotics tools and protocols for the automatisation of insect farming. The project will establish innovative integrated cognitive robotics ecosystems that will replace operations demanding manual labour or continuous human supervision during the insects’ life cycle. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective By 2030 over 9 billion people, along with animals raised for food or kept as companions, will need to be fed generating inconsistencies between the demand and supply of food resources and promoting food insecurity by rendering food as unavailable, unaffordable, unevenly distributed or unsafe to eat. Therefore, food security represents the big challenge of the 21st century and in that context one promising potential sustainable solution is insect farming. Edible insects are set to be approved in EU by late 2020 as novel food and insects also being a value food sources for farming animals; however research, innovation, farming protocols development and standardization, and a technology leap by robotizing and automatizing the mass rearing in insect farms is needed in order to concurrently scale the production and dramatically decrease the production costs. CoRoSect addresses the dramatic need of coupling research on bionomics and life cycle of insects intended to be used as food and feed, with new robotic tools and protocols for mechanization and automation of insect farming, which is a critical point stressed by the Technical Expert Consultation on Assessing the Potential of Insects as Food and Feed in Assuring Food Security. CoRoSect forms a novel integrated cognitive robotic ecosystems where the repetitive but also cognitively and physically demanding tasks requiring increased manual effort or continuous human supervision during the insects’ lifecycle, are replaced by automatic robotic-based procedures which will also draw upon research performed on understanding biological, technical and economic requirements of insect rearing and optimizing all involved processes. Focusing on real insect rearing problems, CoRoSect technologies will evaluated through large-scale pilots in 5 insect farms placed in 5 European countries rearing three of the most commonly occurring species, thereby contributing essentially to a secure and sustainable food supply in Europe. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticscognitive robotssocial sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomationmedical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural sciencesbiological scienceszoologyentomology Keywords Robotics for automated insect farms Cognitive Robotics Robotics for food production Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Main Programme Topic(s) ICT-46-2020 - Robotics in Application Areas and Coordination & Support Call for proposal H2020-ICT-2018-20 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-ICT-2020-2 Funding Scheme IA - Innovation action Coordinator UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT Net EU contribution € 860 250,00 Address Minderbroedersberg 4 6200 MD Maastricht Netherlands See on map Region Zuid-Nederland Limburg (NL) Zuid-Limburg Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (18) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS Greece Net EU contribution € 749 375,00 Address Charilaou thermi road 6 km 57001 Thermi thessaloniki See on map Region Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 HOCHSCHULE EMDEN/LEER Germany Net EU contribution € 399 750,00 Address Constantiaplatz 4 26723 Emden See on map Region Niedersachsen Weser-Ems Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 LUONNONVARAKESKUS Finland Net EU contribution € 335 000,00 Address Latokartanonkaari 9 00790 Helsinki See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 OULUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY - OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Finland Net EU contribution € 335 000,00 Address Yliopistokatu 9 90570 Oulu See on map Region Manner-Suomi Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FUNDACION PARA LAS TECNOLOGIAS AUXILIARES DE LA AGRICULTURA Spain Net EU contribution € 399 750,00 Address Avda de la innovacion 23 parque tecnologico de almeria el alquian 04131 Almeria See on map Region Sur Andalucía Almería Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium Net EU contribution € 399 625,00 Address Oude markt 13 3000 Leuven See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Leuven Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ATOS IT SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES IBERIA SL Spain Net EU contribution € 699 562,50 Address Ronda de europa 5 28760 Tres cantos madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 299 812,50 ROBOTNIK AUTOMATION SL Spain Net EU contribution € 399 875,00 Address Ronda auguste y louis lumiere 6 y 8 46980 Paterna See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 171 375,00 AGVR BV Netherlands Net EU contribution € 399 280,00 Address Ebweg 14 2991LT Barendrecht See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Groot-Rijnmond Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 171 120,00 NASEKOMO AD Bulgaria Net EU contribution € 249 812,50 Address 2 grigor parlichev st 1606 Sofia See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен София (столица) Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 107 062,50 ENTOMOTECH SL Spain Net EU contribution € 249 725,00 Address C innovacion 15 edificio pitagoras lab 04002 Almeria See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Sur Andalucía Almería Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 107 025,00 ENTOCYCLE LTD United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 214 593,75 Address 29 shand street road SE1 2ES London See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region London Inner London — East Lewisham and Southwark Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 91 968,75 SOCIETA AGRICOLA ITALIAN CRICKET FARM SRL Italy Net EU contribution € 199 937,50 Address Via vigone 20 torino 10060 Scalenghe See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 85 687,50 INVERTAPRO AS Norway Net EU contribution € 214 156,25 Address Ovre langhaugen 23 5709 Voss See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Norge Vestlandet Vestland Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 91 781,25 FIELD LAB ROBOTICS BV Netherlands Net EU contribution € 159 250,00 Address Marie curieweg 16 6045 GH Roermond See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Zuid-Nederland Limburg (NL) Midden-Limburg Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 68 250,00 UDRUZENJE ZA PREDUZETNISTVO I INOVACIJE FOODSCALE HUB Serbia Net EU contribution € 260 000,00 Address Narodnog fronta 73 21000 Novi sad See on map Region Србија - север Регион Војводине Јужнобачка област Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 AgriFood Lithuania DIH Lithuania Net EU contribution € 170 625,00 Address Mokslininku g. 2a LT-08412 Vilnius See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. 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