Objective VinBot responds to a need to boost the quality of European wines by implementing precision viticulture (PV) tools in the face of serious market threats worldwide and structural shortcomings within the EU wine sector. Wine producer associations have no control over yield management throughout their members’ vineyards, which leads to reduced quality wine at the association level. At the vineyard level, wine growers are not able to accurately assess yield due to the large amount of terrain to inspect, and use sample-based estimates of smaller production areas to estimate yield, which also negatively affects wine quality. An automatic yield monitoring system would allow winegrowers to accurately assess grape yield and relevant phyto-data via a set of sensors, tracking the state and location of the assets, generating maps, capturing sample locations, and sharing such information in a quick, flexible, autonomous and easy-to-use way. By means of a novel, all-terrain, autonomous robot, VinBot automates the traditional visual yield estimation process throughout the entire vineyard, estimating the amount of leaves and grapes on the vine via computer vision and other sensors. Data-intensive computer vision algorithms are offloaded to external internet servers (the cloud). The VinBot extends visual leaf and fruit estimation throughout the entire vineyard, and centralises yield management in the SME-AGs by providing them with online yield maps of their members' vineyards. The VinBot represents a powerful precision viticulture tool, which does not exist today: the cloud-computing agricultural robot. Using the VinBot, the consortium SME wine producer associations will be able to coordinate and optimise yield management strategies throughout their thousands of members' vineyards, based on their collective expertise and commercial objectives. They expect to sell their wine for 8%-20% more over a five year period by employing the VinBot system to accurately estimate yield. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticultureviticultureagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growingnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputer visionengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2013-2 - Research for SME Associations Call for proposal FP7-SME-2013 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME-AG - Research for SME associations/groupings Coordinator ROBOTNIK AUTOMATION SL EU contribution € 33 423,49 Address RONDA AUGUSTE Y LOUIS LUMIERE 6 Y 8 46980 Paterna Spain See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rafael López (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COOPERATIVA AGRICOLA DE GRANJA CRL Portugal EU contribution € 234 329,38 Address Baldio de Granja 7240 011 GRANJA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Manuel Ramalho (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ORGOVANYI GAZDASZOVETKEZET SZOVETKET Hungary EU contribution € 148 984,42 Address KOLCSEY UTCA 2 6077 ORGOVANY See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Gyula Csaba (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data BODEGAS FAMILIARES DE RIOJA PROVIR Spain EU contribution € 314 330,13 Address C PORTALES PLANTA 71, 2 26001 LOGRONO LA RIOJA See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact María Díaz Navarro (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CANTINE D'ALFONSO DEL SORDO SRL Italy EU contribution € 228 489,38 Address CONTRADA S ANTONINO SS 89 KM 5 PRESSO AZIENDA COPPANETTA 71016 SAN SEVERO See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Gianfelice D'alfonso Del Sordo (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data AGRI-CIENCIA CONSULTORES DE ENGENHARIA LDA Portugal EU contribution € 247 577,88 Address RUA DOS LUSIADAS 52-1 1300 372 LISBOA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Luis Miguel Fernandes (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASSIST SOFTWARE SRL Romania EU contribution € 234 933,70 Address STRADA TIPOGRAFIEI 1 720043 Suceava See on map Region Macroregiunea Doi Nord-Est Suceava Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact David Gheorghe (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA Portugal EU contribution € 11 780,63 Address TAPADA DA AJUDA 1349 017 Lisboa See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Carlos Lopes (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NTRAM GENERAL S.A. 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