multi-purpoSe Physical-cyber Agri-forest Drones Ecosystem for governance and environmental observation

Project Information

SPADE

Grant agreement ID: 101060778

DOI

10.3030/101060778

EC signature date 7 June 2022

Start date 1 September 2022

End date 31 August 2026

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 5 822 937,50

EU contribution

€ 5 816 687,50

Coordinated by

ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS
Greece

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (8)

Report on livestock pilot

It will include the results of the pilot deployment updated through time from Task 4.3

Report on open field agriculture pilot

It will include the results of the pilot deployment updated through time from Task 4.1

Report on forestry pilot

It will include the results of the pilot deployment updated through time from Task 4.2

Report on Drones as flight machines design and development

It will include the results of the drones development for the SPADE ecosystem from Task 2.1 and 2.2

Exploitation and Dissemination Plan

The plan for Exploitation and Dissemination activities of the project.

Report on Platform development

It will include the results of the platform development updated through time reflecting the work performed in Tasks 3.1 – 3.7

Communication plan

Plan for communication activities.

Report on stock-taking and technical requirements

It will include the results of the stock-taking analysis and the technical requirements of the SPADE concept development from Task 1.1

Other (2)

Drones equipped with sensors

The actual drones to be deployed for the SPADE pilots under Task 2.4

"Open-source platform: Interactive ""Early adopters' forum"""

Open-source platform: Interactive “Early adopters’ forum”

Publications

Conference proceedings (8)

AUTH-Sheep: An Annotated Video Dataset for Detection and Tracking of Sheep in UAV Imagery

Author(s): Oliver Doll, Alexander Loos
Published in: 4th International Workshop on Camera Traps, AI, and Ecology, 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13843376

Comparison of Object Detection Algorithms for Livestock Monitoring of Sheep in UAV images

Author(s): Oliver Doll, Alexander Loos
Published in: Workshop Camera Traps, AI and Ecology, 2023
Publisher: NA
DOI: 10.24406/publica-2164

Interoperable Digital Twinning of ML edge computing and direct wearable sensing for Livestock

Author(s): Davarakis, C., Charisis, T., Theologou, M., Rovatsou, N., Loos, A., & Doll, O.
Published in: Eclipse Security, AI, Architecture and Modelling Conference on Cloud to Edge Continuum, 2023
Publisher: NA

SPADE: A paradigm for a multi-purpose cyber-physical agri-drones ecosystem

Author(s): Dionysis Bochtis, George Kyriakarakos, Dimitrios Kateris, Aristotelis C. Tagarakis
Published in: The XX CIGR World Congress 2022, December 5 - 9, 2022, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan, 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17435598

Combining UAV edge computing ML solutions with direct wearable sensing for Livestock, to prototype interoperable Digital Twinning

Author(s): Davarakis, C., Charisis, T., Theologou, M., Rovatsou, N., Loos, A., & Doll, O.
Published in: IEEE World Forum on the Internet of Things, 2023
Publisher: NA

Robotics Framework for Object Tracking using FPGA with Novel Automatic Image Labelling

Author(s): Mads F. H⊘ffer, Karl-Emil S. Koldkjær, D, S⊘ren D. Abrahamsen, en, Victor D. Herlev, Frederik F. Nyboe, Nicolaj H. Malle, Emad Ebeid
Published in: IEEE EUROCON, 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EUROCON56442.2023.10199079

Advanced UAV edge computing ML solutions for livestock management

Author(s): Aristotelis C. Tagarakis, Costas Davarakis, Alexander Loos, Christian Weigel, Maria Theologou, Niki Rovatsou, Oliver Doll, Dimitrios Kateris, and Dionysis Bochtis
Published in: The European Society of Agricultural Engineers 2024 Conference, 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17462133

An Ultra-Light Seedling Planting Mechanism for Use in Aerial Reforestation

Author(s): Steffan Lloyd, Rasmus Astrup
Published in: 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA55743.2025.11128303

Book chapters (5)

Chapter 11 - A gender perspective on drones and digital twins in a transdisciplinary European smart agriculture and forestry project

Author(s): Wendy Wuyts, Lizhen Huang
Published in: Eyes Above Fields, Issue 245-268, 2023, ISBN 978-0-323-91940-1
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91940-1.00011-6

Chapter 7 - Drones as functional parts of physical-cyber eco-systems

Author(s): Aristotelis C. Tagarakis, Lefteris Benos, Dimitrios Kateris, George Kyriakarakos, Dionysis Bochtis
Published in: Eyes Above Fields, Issue 159-173, 2023, ISBN 978-0-323-91940-1
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91940-1.00007-4

Chapter 8 - Information management infrastructures for multipurpose unmanned aerial systems operations

Author(s): Lefteris Benos, Aristotelis C. Tagarakis, G. Vasileiadis, Dimitrios Kateris, Dionysis Bochtis
Published in: Eyes Above Fields, Issue 177-196, 2023, ISBN 978-0-323-91940-1
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91940-1.00008-6

The Governance and Regulations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the European Union – A Comparative Framework

Author(s): Anssi Rauhala, Pekka Leviäkangas, Anne Tuomela
Published in: Lecture Notes in Mobility, Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-85578-8_93

Chapter 12 - An overview of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) governance and regulatory frameworks in the European Union (EU)

Author(s): Anssi Rauhala, Anne Tuomela, Pekka Leviäkangas
Published in: Eyes Above Fields, Issue 269-285, 2023, ISBN 978-0-323-91940-1
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91940-1.00012-8

Other (1)

Advanced UAV edge computing ML solutions for livestock management

Author(s): Aristotelis C. Tagarakis, Costas Davarakis, Alexander Loos, Dimitrios Kateris, and Dionysis Bochtis
Published in: The XX CIGR World Congress 2022, December 5 - 9, 2022, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan, 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17462057

Peer reviewed articles (4)

Revitalising food supply networks through trustworthy data sources: an emergent toolkit for data sharing clubs

Author(s): Steve Brewer, Nikolai Kazantsev, Kyle Alves, Simon Pearson, Michelle Pauli
Published in: IET Conference Proceedings, Issue 2024, 2025, ISSN 2732-4494
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
DOI: 10.1049/ICP.2024.2524

Collectively resolving information asymmetries through data sharing clubs: agritech case study

Author(s): Steve Brewer, Nikolai Kazantsev, Kyle Alves, Phil Godsiff, Michelle Pauli, Andrew McMillan, Simon Pearson
Published in: IET Conference Proceedings, Issue 2025, 2025, ISSN 2732-4494
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
DOI: 10.1049/ICP.2025.2987

Digital Twins in Agriculture and Forestry: A Review

Author(s): Aristotelis C. Tagarakis, Lefteris Benos, George Kyriakarakos, Simon Pearson, Claus Grøn Sørensen, Dionysis Bochtis
Published in: Sensors, Issue 24, 2025, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/S24103117

SkyPlanter: Aerial Reforestation With an Ultralight, Seedling–Planting Drone

Author(s): Steffan Lloyd, Thor Kamp Opstrup, Emad Samuel Malki Ebeid, Rasmus Astrup
Published in: IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2025, ISSN 1083-4435
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2025.3606620