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
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
Participants (13)
3000 Leuven
84105 Beer Sheva
1000 Ljubljana
901 87 Umea
20122 Milano
28006 Madrid
80333 Muenchen
8210 Zedelgem
750.0502 Santiago
91893 Orsay
73734 Esslingen
750 07 Uppsala
Participation ended
5460 AD Veghel