Descrizione del progetto
Bracci robotici con visione 3D raccolgono il pomodoro perfetto
La produzione in serra dei pomodori è molto diffusa; tuttavia, il processo è complicato, richiede attenzioni giornaliere e la raccolta stessa è ad alto impiego di manodopera. In questo contesto, il progetto GRoW, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà una soluzione robotica in grado di gestire i pomodori senza causare danni fisici, come ad esempio ammaccature, tagli e abrasioni. Un avanzato sistema di visione 3D sarà in grado di individuare i frutti maturi tra foglie e gambi. I vari bracci robotici estensibili aumenteranno la velocità di raccolta e i terminali sensibili al tatto preverranno danni e perdita di frutti, permettendo una raccolta redditizia di pomodori tutto l’anno senza il rischio di carenza di manodopera. Di conseguenza, la raccolta sarà accelerata senza un aumento dei costi di manodopera.
Obiettivo
The objective of the project is to demonstrate technological and business viability of the robotic harvesting applied in greenhouse farming of tomatoes.
To date no commercial product for automated operations on tomatoes is available because of complex R&D that a producer has to face for developing a device capable to handle this extremely damageable fruit.
Metomotion has found solutions to all the challenging technical steps, thereby allowing profitable harvesting of tomatoes and making it possible to growers to harvest the fruits throughout the year and not being exposed to labor shortage.
By doing so, the harvest speed is doubled and the labor costs are halved.
Moreover, our GRoW (Greenhouse Robotic Worker) will alleviate agricultural employees from back breaking work, permitting them to switch to more elevated tasks.
In the context of the Precision Farming approach, automation in the agricultural sector is particularly solicited and MetoMotion is offering a product capable to satisfy the most compelling needs of the growers.
The core innovations brought by MetoMotion consist of:
- Advanced 3D vision system to clearly identify ripe fruits among leaves and stems
- Extensible multiple robotic arms to increase harvest speed
- Touch sensitive terminals to avoid damage and loos of fruits
- Fully autonomous vehicle hosting embedding a box for the automated packing of collected fruits
First interactions with users have shown great interest toward GRoW product.
Within Phase 1 project, we will further explore the customer base to provide a comprehensive estimation of commercial potential relevant to GRoW.
To date, on extremely precautionary basis, we forecast MetoMotion’s production capacity of about 200 robots/year, generating revenues of about € 30 mln in 3 years of operation. This figure may be substantially reviewed in the course of the Phase 1 project.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringautonomous vehicles
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growing
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputer vision
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturevegetable growing
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics
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H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinatore
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