Periodic Reporting for period 1 - BeeHome (Automated beekeeping platform powered by AI that increases honey production by 50%, reduces labour use by 90%, and reduces colony loss by 80%.)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2019-01-01 al 2019-04-30
There is currently no truly effective solution to improve beekeeping practices for the benefit of bees, beekeepers and environment. BeeWise has developed BeeHome, a modular commercial AI-powered-apiary composed of hardware and software that fully automates beekeeping and honey production while optimizing pollination. It is anticipated that BeeHome will minimize the manual labour typical of beekeeping activities while significantly improving beehives’ health and safety.
The overall objectives optimise the hardware and software components of the platform and perform the technology validation activities. BeeWise aims to improve beekeeping practices and to secure the survival of bees and crops which depend on them.
BeeWise designed and secured a value chain which will be capable of efficiently delivering this volume of BeeHome platforms and identified the optimum sales channels.
BeeWise also identified the optimisation work required in the manufacturing process to effect scale-up within the scope of a Phase 2 innovation project. From a regulatory perspective, BeeWise designed a two levels testing for the technology, secured the interest of 5 commercial apiaries to act as validation sites during the Phase 2 innovation project and identified the regulatory activities to achieve the CE Mark in Europe. Furthermore, BeeWise calculated detailed five year financial projections for commercialisation and analysed the financial and infrastructure requirements for achieving global sales.