Project description
The future of robotic agriculture today
Europe’s agri-food sector is facing a big challenge: ensuring environmentally-friendly production at lower costs and with a shortage of labourers. The solution requires high-tech modernisation of farming. Robotics can play a big role. The agROBOfood project, a consortium of 39 partners aims to accelerate the sector’s digital transformation through the adoption of robotic technologies. To boost the uptake of robotic solutions, it will establish a sustainable network of digital innovation hubs (DIHs). At the heart of the project are innovation experiments (IEs) that will be organised and monitored by the DIHs. The European robotics community will be involved throughout the project to ensure maximum synergy. This will maximise the return of investments from the digital transformation of agri-food.
Objective
agROBOfood is dedicated to accelerate the digital transformation of the European agri-food sector through the adoption of robotic technologies. It will consolidate, extend and strengthen the current ecosystem by establishing a sustainable network of DIHs. This will boost the uptake of robotic solutions by the agri-food sector: a huge challenge requiring an inclusive approach involving all relevant European players. The agROBOfood consortium has 39 partners, led by Wageningen University & Research and other core partners of previous key projects such as IoF2020, ROBOTT-NET, PicknPack and I4MS, to leverage the ecosystem that was established in those projects. The heart of the project is formed by Innovation Experiments (IEs), organized and monitored by the DIHs. In each of the 7 Regional Clusters, an initial IE will demonstrate the robotics innovations in agri-food in a manner that ensures replicability across Europe, wide adoption and sustainability of the DIHs network. agROBOfood will work in lockstep with the European robotics community, ensuring synergetic effects with initiatives such as EU-Robotics. This will maximize the return of European, including private capital, investments in the digital transformation of agri-food. A key instrument to achieve this objective is the Industrial Advisory Board. They will provide strategic guidance and also define priorities for the selection of solutions to be funded. Open Calls of 8MEUR will attract additional Innovation Experiments (12) and Industrial Challenges (8). These will expand the network and ensure that vast technological developments and emerging challenges of the agri-food sector are incorporated in the service portfolio of DIHs. Through its inclusive structure and ambitious targets, agROBOfood aims to bring the entire European ecosystem together; connecting the dots in a way that ensures effective adoption of robotics technologies in the European agri-food sector.
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6708 PB Wageningen
Netherlands
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21000 Novi Sad
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08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona)
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2630 Taastrup
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11855 ATHINA
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75015 PARIS 15
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75007 Paris
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80686 Munchen
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54655 Thessaloniki
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71306 Irakleio
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X91 K0EK Waterford
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9820 Merelbeke
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04131 Almeria
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1784 Sofia
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5656 AG Eindhoven
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01104 Vilnius
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00185 Roma
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02150 Espoo
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4200 465 Porto
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8010 Graz
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1030 Bruxelles / Brussel
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3131 HX Vlaardingen
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60528 Frankfurt
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2628 CN Delft
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2320 Hoogstraten
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11742 Athens
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L15 6UX Liverpool
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46980 Paterna
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9500 Hobro
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08860 Barcelona
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33330 Saint-Emilion
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08720 Vilafranca Del Penedes
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21000 Novi Sad
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24341 KRIVAJA, BACKA TOPOLA
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31400 Toulouse
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51100 Reims
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44340 Bouguenais
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6708 WH Wageningen
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