A novel vision based orchard system to maximize fruit tree yields and Class 1 quality by 20% while reducing waste by 50%

Informazioni relative al progetto

OrchardMan

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 673872

DOI

10.3030/673872

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 28 Maggio 2015

Data di avvio 1 Giugno 2015

Data di completamento 30 Novembre 2015

Finanziato da

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Costo totale

€ 71 429,00

Contributo UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinato da

FRUITION PO LIMITED
United Kingdom

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - OrchardMan (A novel vision based orchard system to maximize fruit tree yields and Class 1 quality by 20% whilereducing waste by 50%)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2015-06-01 al 2015-11-30

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

The overall innovation project is intended to bring our novel ‘OrchardMan’ vision-based tree-fruit measurement technology to European market-readiness. This will provide in-field data based on cost-effective image capture technology and novel image processing algorithms, which can identify commercially relevant yield factors such as fruit size, growth and tree architecture automatically in the difficult environment of the orchard under variable weather and lighting conditions. The project will demonstrate that that the developed system has the capability to support precision horticultural management at the single tree level, reducing waste from growing undersize fruit by up to 50%, and increasing overall tree yields by up to 20%, This would give European users a cumulative benefit of €1bn from 500 units implemented over the first five years.

This work is relevant to topic SFS-08-2014-1: “Resource efficient, eco-innovative food production and processing”, particularly optimization of current food production systems, in the SME sector, with the aim of reducing water and energy use and waste generation, and improving food quality, through the improving growers’ ability to increase overall fruit yield per tree and the percentage of Class 1 quality reducing quality-reject waste, and reduction of imports, reducing transport CO2.

There are techno-economic uncertainties that we must clarify before investing in a full development project, so we need to carry out a thorough feasibility study, including the business plan for the phase 2 development and subsequent commercialisation.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

The single deliverable from the 6 month phase 1 project is the feasibility study and business plan. This has been completed.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

The expected result from the phase 1 project is the feasibility report on the Orchardman technology. There are no other impacts to report from the project so far.

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