Objective
CROPS will develop scientific know-how for a highly configurable, modular and clever carrier platform that includes modular parallel manipulators and “intelligent tools” (sensors, algorithms, sprayers, grippers) that can be easily installed onto the carrier and are capable of adapting to new tasks and conditions. Several technological demonstrators will be developed for high value crops like greenhouse vegetables, fruits in orchards, and grapes for premium wines. The CROPS robotic platform will be capable of site-specific spraying (targets spray only towards foliage and selective targets) and selective harvesting of fruit (detects the fruit, determines its ripeness, moves towards the fruit, grasps it and softly detaches it). Another objective of CROPS is to develop techniques for reliable detection and classification of obstacles and other objects to enable successful autonomous navigation and operation in plantations and forests. The agricultural and forestry applications share many research areas, primarily regarding sensing and learning capabilities.
Fields of science
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growing
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturevegetable growing
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
FP7-NMP-2009-LARGE-3
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Funding Scheme
CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinator
6708 PB Wageningen
Netherlands
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Participants (13)
3000 Leuven
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84105 Beer Sheva
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1000 Ljubljana
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901 87 Umea
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20122 Milano
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28006 Madrid
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80333 Muenchen
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8210 Zedelgem
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750.0502 Santiago
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91893 Orsay
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73734 Esslingen
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750 07 Uppsala
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5460 AD Veghel
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