Agricultural-robotics technology company enabling a modular swarm of autonomous drones for spraying

Información del proyecto

Skyx

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 836621

DOI

10.3030/836621

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 30 Noviembre 2018

Fecha de inicio 1 Diciembre 2018

Fecha de finalización 31 Mayo 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Coste total

€ 71 429,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinado por

SKYX LTD
Israel

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Skyx (Agricultural-robotics technology company enabling a modular swarm of autonomous drones for spraying)

Período documentado: 2018-12-01 hasta 2019-05-31

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

Skyx is an agricultural-robotics tech company enabling a modular swarm of autonomous drones for spraying. We named our product PASS: Precision Agriculture Spraying Swarm, and this is a ready-to-go autonomous solution. Simply put: “push a button and send a group of drones to spray your agriculture farmland”.
The economic and environmental impact we present is based on a dramatic reduction of chemicals, together with a safer, more accurate, and cost-effective operation. Instead of a manual and uniform spraying operation that is based on one driver/pilot + one big tractor/airplane, we developed an autonomous fleet that can “travel” in the farmland and apply chemicals exactly as needed. Technically, we developed our proprietary mission planning software for the ground control + real-time communication and computing companion for each drone in a modular fleet. Each drone in our swarm can have a different payload/speed/width/time, and we know how to turn aerial imagery and crop scouting to “hotspots” coverage by the entire fleet. Commercially, we developed our market and financial strategy.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

During the program, we developed Skyx to achieve the following deliverables:
• Building our R&D lab, conducting significant field trials, and measuring swarming performance
• Turning aerial imagery and crop scouting to a dramatic chemicals reduction by our variable rate application
• Clearly define our long-term strategy
• Learning the relevant regulation in our targeted markets
• Completing our market and competitive analysis and engaging our entire ecosystem
• Concluding our go-to-market strategy and developing our initial customers’ pipeline
• Finalizing our financial planning together with our “pay per spray” business model

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

We conclude the program with results better than our expectations, both commercially and technically. Based on our solid go-to-market strategy and business model, we will continue to leverage our traction and commercially available product to turn Skyx to a worldwide leader in agriculture spraying.