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Robotics & Drones
At Wageningen University & Research, more than 60 engineers and researchers work together with industrial partners on new robotic systems for agri and food. They use their knowledge of innovative research and translate it to practical solutions.
Robots and drones play an important role in agriculture, horticulture and nature conservation. They replace the senses of farmers, and come into action with Swiss precision. With the use of a robot or other forms of Smart Farming, less energy and raw materials are required, unattractive working conditions are avoided and revenues are higher and of better quality.
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News about robotics and drones
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15 February 2022
Scouting and eliminating moths with a drone
- As is often the case with ingenious inventions, this idea arose casually, at the coffee machine. After another sweltering, wakeful night, a few TU... -
10 January 2022
NPEC: working on the crops of the future
- From crops that give a high yield to plants that are resistant to drought, salinisation, diseases and other consequences of climate change.... -
21 December 2021
Sensors visualise potato growth
- Potato cultivation could make much more use of data. That is why a consortium of Japanese and Dutch companies and institutes has started research into... -
15 December 2021
Camera on tractor sees whether biological crop protection is necessary
- In the case of diseases and pests in crops, it is important to intervene as quickly as possible. And it would be even better is action could be taken... -
05 October 2021
Robots influence the role of the farmer and horticulturist
- Robots can help the agricultural sector in various ways: they are good at difficult, complex, heavy or monotonous work. In addition, they help to... -
24 June 2021
How to teach a robot to pick a fruit?
- The availability of labour is one of the global issues in the agri-food sector today. And with the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in closed borders, the... -
03 June 2021
Automatic germination test provides insight into tomato seed quality
- How many healthy tomato plants will a seed lot yield? Researchers from Agro Food Robotics at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have developed... -
14 May 2021
Aerial monitoring for more biodiversity
- How attractive is a particular grassland for meadow birds? And is biodiversity improving or declining? Researchers at Wageningen University &... -
19 April 2021
Intelligent robots increase the benefit from fresh produce
- Around the world, grading, sorting and assembling of fresh fruits and vegetables is done predominantly manually. “It would save companies a lot... -
10 March 2021
New EU Project Robs4Crops Accelerates Shift towards Robotics
- From farming controllers and smart implements to fully autonomous farming systems, Robs4Crops (a new project) is helping farmers fill labour shortages...
Examples of projects:
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Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge 4th Edition
We are doing it again! We are organising a 4th edition of the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge: the challenge for sustainable vegetable production with... -
Fully Documented Fisheries (FDF)
The aim of the Fully Documented Fisheries (FDF) project is to develop an autonomous video-based monitoring system to record catch, i.e. automated... -
Robotics in agrifood systems
This project aims to develop expertise for robot systems that use self-learning and other machine learning approaches so these systems can operate in... -
Optima
In the OPTIMA programme, an environmentally friendly Integrated Pest Management (IPM) framework will be developed for vineyards (mildew), apple... -
Modelling the future of plants
An ambitious new project is looking to predict and model the complex traits in fresh products that are constantly changing, using deep-learning and... -
New EU project Robs4Crops accelerates shift towards robotics
From farming controllers and smart implements to fully autonomous farming systems, Robs4Crops (a new project) is helping farmers fill labour shortages... -
Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge 3rd Edition
Since years Wageningen University & Research is working on autonomous greenhouses, climate control, crop modelling, use of sensors, data,... -
Flexible robots for intelligent automation of precision agriculture operations (FLEXIGROBOTS)
Allowing the farmer to profit from robotics operational data, FlexiGroBots proposes a Platform for developing heterogeneous multi-robot systems and... -
Robotics in Livestock Farming Systems
Robots will no longer be fixed to specific places. They will become mobile and work together. This means that robots will operate in environments were... -
National Field Lab for Precision Farming
Precision farming is a management concept giving crops, livestock and the agro-ecological environment the right treatment at the right time, place and...