Winegrover LIFE19 ENV/IT/000339 – Precision Agriculture
LIFE- WINEGROVER: Precision Agriculture System to limit the impact on the environment, on health and on air quality of grape production
The project will be implemented in the following Member State(s) and Region(s) or other countries:
- Italy (Lazio and Toscana);
- Portugal (Norte);
- Spain (Andalusia).
List of beneficiaries:
- Coordinating beneficiary: Università degli Studi della Tuscia;
- Associated beneficiary: CREA – Counsil for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Alalysis – CREA VE Research Center – Viticulture and Oenology;
- Associated beneficiary: Inova+ – Innovation Services, S.A.;
- Associated beneficiary: LUISS – LIBERA UNIVERSITÀ INTERNAZIONALE DEGLI STUDI SOCIALI GUIDO CARLI;
- Associated beneficiary: Asociacion Empresarial Multisectorial Innovadora para las Ciudades Inteligentes;
- Associated beneficiary: SETEL Servizi Tecnici Logistici Srl;
- Associated beneficiary: Wellness Telecom S.L.
Objectives:
Main objective of the Project is to decrease the environmental impact related to grape production by introducing novel technologies for Precision Agriculture (PA) and validate in two vineyards in Italy and Spain the technical performance of a cost-effective and integral solution based on the implementation of a new PA system developed in a previous research project.
Activities:
The main activities in whose SeTeL is mainly involved are the following:
- Development and implementation of the prototypes of the terrestrial Rover, an innovative autonomous terrestrial electric rover moving along the vineyard equipped with multy-sensory instrumentation for proximal sensing and actuators.
- Development and implementation of a ground control station for missions control and real time location system. The system is based on MAVLINK protocols. Local proximity sensors operate independently from the remote guidance, immobilizing the vehicle when not explicitly authorized from the ground station.
PROJECT BUDGET AND REQUESTED EU FUNDING:
- Total project budget: 2,188,137 Euro
- Totale eligible project budget: 2,188,137 Euro
- EU financial contribution requested: 1,203,275 Euro (=55% of total eligible budget)