project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
Agri-food Industry (wine and animal feed) / Data Analysis (collaborative robotics) / Decision Making (artificial intelligence)
Indústria agroalimentària (vino i alimentación animal) / Análisis de datos (robòtica colaborativa) / Toma de decisions (intel·ligència artificial)
Context
This pilot project will address the design, prototyping, and validation of collaborative robotic systems that use artificial intelligence to autonomously adapt to parameter changes in the most efficient manner possible across various stages of food production, processing, packaging, and distribution. All of this will be done while fostering functional collaboration with humans and efficient, safe interaction.
Moreover, the ROCOLA project is an innovative initiative that promotes innovation, cooperation, and the development of knowledge bases in rural areas, strengthening the ties between food production and research and innovation. The project is focused on the development of new processes and technologies in the food sector, applicable to Catalonia, and addresses at least one of the established focus areas in the 2014-2020 RDP, 2A: improving the economic outcomes of all farms and facilitating their restructuring and modernisation, particularly with the goal of increasing their market participation and orientation, as well as diversification.
Objectives
The project's objective is to enhance the competitiveness of agri-food operations through their modernisation by incorporating collaborative robotics into their processes.
• Analysis of production processes and feasibility of integrating collaborative robotics
• Compilation of existing experiences in collaborative robotics within the agri-food industry
• Design of three prototypes
• Launching pilot tests for three typical operations
• Conducting simulations of new configurations
• Evaluation of the pilot test
• Technical assessment
Objectives
El objetivo del proyecto es conseguir mejorar la competitividad de las explotaciones agroalimentarias mediante la modernización de las mismas, incorporando la robótica colaborativa en sus procesos.
• Análisis de los procesos productivos y viabilidad de incorporar la robótica colaborativa.
• Recopilación de experiencias existentes en robótica colaborativa en la industria agroalimentaria.
• Diseño de tres prototipos.
• Puesta en marcha de pruebas piloto para tres tipos de operaciones.
• Realización de simulaciones de nuevas configuraciones.
• Evaluación de la prueba piloto.
• Evaluación técnica.
Activities
T1.1. Study of the production processes of the companies and the challenges associated with the introduction of collaborative robotics and intelligent automation.
T1.2. Evaluation of the potential impact of robotisation and selection of processes to pilot.
T1.3. Overview of the current stage of robot utilisation in the agri-food industry.
T2.1. Review of the state of the field in technological components and algorithms for planning and control, as well as learning and artificial intelligence techniques.
T3.1. Design and construction of prototypes
T4.1 Compilation of proposals
T5.1 Project coordination
Activities
T1.1. Estudio de los procesos productivos de las empresas y los desafíos asociados a la introducción de la robótica colaborativa y la automatización inteligente.
T1.2. Evaluación del impacto potencial de la robotización y selección de los procesos a pilotar.
T1.3. Estado del arte de la utilización de robots en la industria agroalimentaria. T2.1. Revisión del estado del arte en componentes tecnológicos y algoritmos de planificación y control, y técnicas de aprendizaje e inteligencia artificial. T3.1. Diseño y construcción de los prototipos. T4.1. Recopilación de propuestas. T5.1. Coordinación del proyecto.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014ES06RDRP009 Spain - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Cataluña
Location
- Main geographical location
- Barcelona
- Other geographical location
- Lleida
EUR 245 496.00
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Contacts
Project coordinator
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ASSOCIACIO AEI INNOVI
Project coordinator