Descrizione del progetto
Sistema robotico per la coltivazione di precisione del nocciolo
La robotica potrebbe migliorare l’agricoltura di precisione in Europa. Grazie al progetto PANTHEON, finanziato dall’UE, verrà sviluppato un sistema di controllo e acquisizione dati per la coltivazione di precisione di grandi noccioleti (Corylus avellana L.). Sfruttando i progressi della robotica, del telerilevamento e della gestione dei megadati, questo progetto intende creare un sistema completo utilizzando un numero limitato di componenti robotici senza pilota diversificati, sia terrestri che aerei. Questi robot navigheranno nei frutteti, raccogliendo e memorizzando i dati in un’unità operativa centrale che integrerà le informazioni provenienti dalle varie unità robotiche, consentendo azioni di feedback automatizzate come l’esecuzione di trattamenti dei polloni e fornendo un sistema di supporto decisionale agli agricoltori. Ad esempio, suggerirà come effettuare la modellatura e la potatura delle piante.
Obiettivo
The goal of PANtHEOn is to develop the agricultural equivalent of an industrial Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to be used for the precision farming of large orchards of hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.). By taking advantage of the technological advancements in the fields of robotics, remote sensing and big-data management, our objective is to design an integrated system where a relatively limited number of heterogeneous unmanned robotics components (including terrestrial and aerial robots) move within the orchards to collect data and perform some of the most common farming operations. The information will be stored in a central operative unit that will integrate the data coming from the different robotic units to perform automatic feedback actions (e.g. to regulate the irrigation system) and to support the decisions of agronomists and farmers.
We expect that the proposed SCADA system will be able to acquire information at the resolution of the single plant. This will permit to drastically increase the detection of possible limiting factors for each individual plant, such as lack of water or pests and diseases affecting the plant health, and to react accordingly. Compared to the current state of the art in precision farming, we believe that the proposed SCADA infrastructure represents a relevant step ahead in the context of orchards management. In fact, the capability of monitoring the state and the evolution of each single tree will be the enabling-technology to allow more focused interventions. This will result in a better average state of health of the orchard, and in an increased effectiveness of Integrated Pest Managements (IPM). In conclusion, the main advantages of this architecture are:
• Increase in hazelnut productions
• Decrease in chemical inputs usage
• Environmentally-friendly water usage
• Simplified orchard management
The outcome of the project will be validated through a final demo on a real-world (1:1 scale) hazelnut orchard.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringautonomous vehicles
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringirrigation
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensing
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robots
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
Programma(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
00154 Roma
Italia