Paris, France and Madrid, Spain – April 8, 2021,

Atos these days announces that it is coordinating and actively contributing to the European challenge “FlexiGroBots”. This initiative aims to empower robotic-makers, engineers and support companies to make and deploy multi-robotic methodsfor the agri-meals field to assist farmers in their daily get the job done. In just the framework of the Horizon 2020 plan, the challenge will build an revolutionary system to aid the use of robotics by means of 3 massive-scale pilots throughout Europe.

The adoption of new systems in the agricultural sector has greater in current yrs, unleashing a new paradigm: “agriculture 4.” in which robotics, AI and automation enjoy a basic position in crop management and precision agriculture[one] by addressing genuine-time determination earning and checking demands. Nevertheless, existing robotic methods are lacking overall flexibility as they are crafted to have out pretty specific missions and are not able to deal with other responsibilities nor cooperate with other robotic systems, top to a lack of ROI for farmers.

The FlexiGroBots challenge will operate over 36 months with the intention of creating and validating an open up system which supports the creation of flexible and heterogeneous multi-robotic methods that empower multi-robotic cooperation and autonomy. Robots incorporate UAVs (unmanned aerial autos) and UGVs (unmanned ground autos).

In just FlexiGroBots, the Atos exploration and innovation group functions as the challenge coordinator, guaranteeing the execution of the planned routines and the overall checking and supervision of the challenge. Atos will help deliver the architecture and necessity investigation, lead the reference architecture and synchronize the 3 pilots. It functions as a technological leader and principal contributor in the enhancement of robotic mission manage centre capabilities for the style and design, preparing and supervision of heterogeneous multi-robotic functions, together with robotic providers enabled by Computer system Vision strategies and in geospatial knowledge investigation. As a member of the International Knowledge Room Affiliation (IDSA), Atos also works on the enhancement of knowledge place enablers for the knowledge management of an industrial knowledge place tailored to the agricultural context, allowing secure knowledge exchange throughout a variety of stakeholders inside the agri-meals sector.

This challenge matches beautifully with Atos’ aim to contribute to the digitization of European industries, together with agriculture, by means of the enhancement of revolutionary purposes and providers centered on AI, knowledge and reliable robotics”, reviews Daniel Calvo Alonso, Head of the ‘AI, Knowledge and Robotics’ Unit in the Atos Study and Innovation section and coordinator of the FlexiGroBots challenge.

The FlexiGroBots system will be validated in 3 genuine pilot projects:

  • Vineyards (Spain): Reveal the large capability and versatility of robots to conduct distinct responsibilities in vineyards, contributing to the good quality of grapes for wine creation and to overall financial profitability.
  • Rapeseed fields (Finland): Reveal time-important pest management and robotization of weighty machinery fleets in grassland management.
  • Blueberries fields (Serbia and Lithuania): Reveal the likely of revolutionary robotic options – with superior distant sensing strategies, deep learning and determination assist – to expand blueberries.

Funded by the European Fee with 7 million euros, FlexiGroBots brings alongside one another a multidisciplinary consortium designed up of sixteen distinct organizations and firms from 8 distinct countries. For much more information and facts, stop by https://flexigrobots-h2020.eu/

 

[one] Precision agriculture is a farming management notion centered on observing, measuring, and responding to inter and intra-subject variability in crops.

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