Project AFarCloud was born!

AFarCloud – Aggregate Farming in the Cloud

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement ECSEL JU No 783221.

Coordinator: José Fernán MARTÍNEZ-Ortega, jf.martinez@upm.es

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID (UPM), Spain

Participating organisation: 60

Number of countries: 13

Start date: 09/2018

Duration: 36 months

https://www.ecsel.eu/projects/afarcloud

 

The primary goal of the AFarCloud project is to develop and demonstrate how new robotics technologies and mechatronic systems integrated into smart CPS can cooperate in real-world farm scenarios to provide a common framework for the development of related applications, which can lead to more efficient and environment-friendly agricultural production.

The AFarCloud project will promote novel precision farming solutions by providing cyber-physical systems (CPS), as well as monitoring and sensing framework able to utilize new autonomous robotics platforms and incorporate the legacy systems already deployed in the farms. Services and technologies developed in the AFarCloud project will result in resource-efficient

AFarCloud will provide a distributed platform for autonomous farming that will allow the integration and cooperation of agriculture Cyber-Physical Systems in real-time to increase efficiency, productivity, animal health, food quality and reduce farm labor costs. This platform will be integrated with farm management software and will support monitoring and decision-making solutions based on big data and real-time data mining techniques.

The AFarCloud project also aims to make farming robots accessible to more users by enabling farming vehicles to work in a cooperative mesh (e.g. UAV, UGV), thus opening up new applications and ensuring re-usability, as heterogeneous standard vehicles can combine their capabilities in order to lift farmer revenue and reduce labor costs.

The achievements from AFarCloud will be demonstrated in three holistic demonstrators (Finland, Spain and Italy), including cropping and livestock management scenarios and eight local demonstrators (Latvia, Sweden, Spain and the Czech Republic) to test specific functionalities and validate project results in relevant environments located in different European regions.

AFarCloud overview:

Consortium

  1. UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID (UPM), Spain
  2. ACCIONA CONSTRUCCION SA (ACCIONA), Spain
  3. FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION (TECNALIA), Spain
  4. TECNOLOGIAS SERVICIOS TELEMATICOS Y SISTEMAS S.A. (TST), Spain
  5. ENCORE LAB SL (ENCORE LAB), Spain
  6. ROVIMATICA SL (ROVIMATICA), Spain
  7. BOSONIT SL (BOSONIT), Spain
  8. MANAGEMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND TRADE, INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL SL (SENSOWAVE), Spain
  9. HI IBERIA INGENIERIA Y PROYECTOS SL (HI-IBERIA), Spain
  10. CARRERA D’EN BAS S.L. (CdB), Spain
  11. NUROMEDIA GMBH (NUROMEDIA), Germany
  12. KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (KU Leuven), Belgium
  13. NXP SEMICONDUCTORS BELGIUM NV (NXP), Belgium
  14. INTRASOFT INTERNATIONAL SA (INTRASOFT), Belgium
  15. AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH (AIT), Austria
  16. TTCONTROL GMBH (TTControl), Austria
  17. TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN (TU WIEN), Austria
  18. AMS AG (AMS), Austria
  19. AVL COMMERCIAL DRIVELINE & TRACTOR ENGINEERING GMBH (AVL CD&TE), Austria
  20. AVL LIST GMBH (AVL LIST), Austria
  21. INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES (ITAV), Portugal,
  22. PDM E FC PROJECTO DESENVOLVIMENTO MANUTENCAO FORMACAO E CONSULTADORIALDA (PDMFC),Portugal
  23. BEYOND VISION – SISTEMAS MOVEIS AUTONOMOS DE REALIDADE AUMENTADA LDA (BEV), Portugal
  24. APPS4MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL LDA (APP4), Portugal
  25. INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DE BEJA (IPB), Portugal
  26. SINTEF AS (SINTEF), Norway
  27. MARITIME ROBOTICS AS (MAROB), Norway
  28. MAELARDALENS HOEGSKOLA (MDH), Sweden
  29. IMAGIMOB AB (IMAG), Sweden
  30. RISE SICS EAST AB (SICS), Sweden
  31. RISE ACREO AB (ACREO), Sweden
  32. SPACEMETRIC AB (SM), Sweden
  33. Qamcom Research and Technology AB (QRT), Sweden
  34. SENSEAIR AB (SENSE), Sweden
  35. TERMISK SYSTEMTEKNIK I SVERIGE AB (TER), Sweden
  36. Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy (VTT), Finland
  37. CENTRIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY (CENTRIA), Finland
  38. MTECH DIGITAL SOLUTIONS OY (MTECH), Finland
  39. SPECTRAL ENGINES OY (SPE), Finland
  40. PROBOT OY (PROBOT), Finland
  41. INSTITUT MIKROELEKTRONICKYCH APLIKACI S.R.O. (IMA), Czech Republic
  42. ZAPADOCESKA UNIVERZITA V PLZNI (UWB), Czech Republic
  43. VYZKUMNY USTAV ZIVOCISNE VYROBY V.V.I. UHRINEVES (IAS), Czech Republic
  44. UNIVERZITA KARLOVA (CUNI), Czech Republic
  45. LESPROJEKT SLUZBY SRO (LESPROJEKT), Czech Republic
  46. POLITECHNIKA GDANSKA (GUT), Poland
  47. BETTERSOLUTIONS SA (BS), Poland
  48. CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (CNR), Italy
  49. UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA (UNIPARMA), Italy
  50. UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DEL SANNIO (UNISANNIO), Italy
  51. UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELL’AQUILA (UNIVAQ), Italy
  52. KES KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT SECURITY SRL (KES), Italy
  53. RO TECHNOLOGY SRL (ROTECH), Italy
  54. LABORATORI ARCHA SRL (ARCHA), Italy
  55. E.S.T.E. SRL (ESTE), Italy
  56. STMICROELECTRONICS SRL (STM), Italy
  57. LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATES MATEMATIKAS UN INFORMATIKAS INSTITUTS (IMCS), Latvia
  58. HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY (HUA), Greece
  59. EXODUS ANONYMOS ETAIREIA PLIROFORIKIS (EXUS), Greece
  60. ARTEMIS AGRAIA SYMVOULEYTIKI ANONYMI ETAIREIA (HDRON), Greece