Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 Work Programme 2017

Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 Work Programme 2017 Call "Sustainable Food Security (SFS)" TOPIC SFS-05 -2017: 'Robotics Advances for Precision Farming' José RUIZ ESPI DG Agriculture and Rural Development European Commission The presentation shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting commitment by the European Commission

SFS-05 -2017 Robotics Advances for Precision Farming CHALLENGES • Farming: sustainability, productivity, laborious manual work • Existing automated systems: flexibility, efficiency, robustness, operator costs, capital investment • Technology: demonstrate new robotics technologies in realworld, fitting user needs including lower / more targeted fertilisation

SFS-05 -2017 Robotics Advances for Precision Farming SCOPE Design, development and testing of robotic systems for precision farming, including: • Devices: farm vehicles, sensors, intervention mechanisms • Use: selective harvesting, more targeted weed reduction or environment friendly fertilization, livestock management • Better traceability to optimise the whole agriculture process

SFS-05 -2017 Robotics Advances for Precision Farming IMPACT • Increased productivity • More environment-friendly processes • Increased safety, reliability & manageability of technology • Improving human working conditions

SFS-05 -2017 Robotics Advances for Precision Farming TOPIC CONDITIONS • Topic opening: 04 Oct 2016 • Topic deadline: 14 Feb 2017 • Topic budget: € 7 M • Estimated EC contribution: € 2 -4 M / project 2 -3 projects expected

Useful resources PPP in robotics: SPARC • Topic group on Agricultural Robots https: //eu-robotics. net/ppp/objectives-of-our-topic-groups/ • Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) https: //eu-robotics. net/cms/upload/PPP/SRA 2020_SPARC. pdf • Multi-Annual Roadmap (MAR) http: //sparc-robotics. eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/H 2020 -Robotics. Multi-Annual-Roadmap-ICT-2016. pdf