Intelligent sensing and manipulation for sustainable production and harvesting of high value crops, clever robots for crops

Project Information

CROPS

Grant agreement ID: 246252

Project closed

Start date 1 October 2010

End date 30 September 2014

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

Total cost € 10 233 819,40

EU contribution € 7 639 008,00

Coordinated by

STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH
Netherlands

Objective

CROPS will develop scientific know-how for a highly configurable, modular and clever carrier platform that includes modular parallel manipulators and “intelligent tools” (sensors, algorithms, sprayers, grippers) that can be easily installed onto the carrier and are capable of adapting to new tasks and conditions. Several technological demonstrators will be developed for high value crops like greenhouse vegetables, fruits in orchards, and grapes for premium wines. The CROPS robotic platform will be capable of site-specific spraying (targets spray only towards foliage and selective targets) and selective harvesting of fruit (detects the fruit, determines its ripeness, moves towards the fruit, grasps it and softly detaches it). Another objective of CROPS is to develop techniques for reliable detection and classification of obstacles and other objects to enable successful autonomous navigation and operation in plantations and forests. The agricultural and forestry applications share many research areas, primarily regarding sensing and learning capabilities.

Fields of science

Not validated

• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › horticulture › fruit growing
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › horticulture › vegetable growing
• social sciences › economics and business › economics › sustainable economy
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › forestry

Programme(s)

• FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

Topic(s)

• NMP-2009-3.4-1 - Automation and robotics for sustainable crop and forestry management

Call for proposal

FP7-NMP-2009-LARGE-3
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Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH

• EU contribution: € 1 329 135,00
• Address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 ; 6708 PB Wageningen ; Netherlands
• Region: Oost-Nederland › Gelderland › Veluwe
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Gerard Pitlo (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (13)

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 697 440,00
• Address: OUDE MARKT 13 ; 3000 Leuven
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Leuven
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Tine Heylen (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV

Israel

• EU contribution: € 972 840,00
• Address: . ; 84105 Beer Sheva
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Dori Schneider (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI

Slovenia

• EU contribution: € 374 628,00
• Address: KONGRESNI TRG 12 ; 1000 Ljubljana
• Region: Slovenija › Zahodna Slovenija › Osrednjeslovenska
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Marko Hočevar (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UMEA UNIVERSITET

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 865 600,00
• Address: UNIVERSITETOMRADET ; 901 87 Umea
• Region: Norra Sverige › Övre Norrland › Västerbottens län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Thomas Hellström (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO

Italy

• EU contribution: € 374 100,00
• Address: Via Festa Del Perdono 7 ; 20122 Milano
• Region: Nord-Ovest › Lombardia › Milano
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Roberto Oberti (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

• EU contribution: € 364 250,00
• Address: CALLE SERRANO 117 ; 28006 Madrid
• Region: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Eusebio Jiménez Arroyo (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 1 125 800,00
• Address: Arcisstrasse 21 ; 80333 Muenchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Ulrike Ronchetti (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

CNH INDUSTRIAL BELGIUM

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 268 200,00
• Address: LEON CLAEYSSTRAAT 3 A ; 8210 Zedelgem
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. West-Vlaanderen › Arr. Brugge
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Bart Missotten (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias

Chile

• EU contribution: € 249 960,00
• Address: Fidel Oteiza 1956 Planta 12 ; 750.0502 Santiago
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Stanley Best (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FORCE-A SA

France

• EU contribution: € 370 700,00
• Address: Centre universitaire Paris SUD Batiment 503 ; 91893 ORSAY
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Dorian Zahorski (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FESTO SE & CO KG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 327 420,00
• Address: RUITER STRASSE 82 ; 73734 Esslingen
• Region: Baden-Württemberg › Stuttgart › Esslingen
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Andreas Münzenmaier (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 13 200,00
• Address: ALMAS ALLE 8 ; 750 07 Uppsala
• Region: Östra Sverige › Östra Mellansverige › Uppsala län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Tomas Nordfjell (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

JENTJENS MACHINETECHNIEK B.V.

Participation ended

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 305 735,00
• Address: LEEUWENHOECKWEG 6 ; 5460 AD VEGHEL
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Erik Wekking (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data