Project description
Agricultural robotics and augmented reality to enhance working conditions in agriculture
The agricultural sector is inherently hazardous, leading to high rates of accidents and health issues. The demanding physical labour involved makes it less appealing to younger generations. Challenges such as digitalisation and climate change further underscore the need but also opportunities for improved occupational safety and health (OSH). The EU-funded AGRO-WELL project aims to assess farmers’ needs and raise awareness about smart farming. It focuses on five technologies incorporating robotics, augmented reality and artificial intelligence to enhance working conditions, improve farm safety, support informed decision-making and reduce environmental impacts across four farming systems. The project will also explore viable business models that prioritise OSH to encourage market adoption. Furthermore, an open technology competition will foster the development of innovative solutions.
Objective
The agricultural sector is known for its demanding and hazardous working environments, leading to high rates of accidents and health issues among workers. Furthermore, drudgery due to physical work and repetitive tasks diminishes the attractiveness of the sector for youth. Emerging challenges such as digitalisation, technological intensification, structural change, environmental targets, and new risks due to climate change, coupled with global economic implications demand more and more from farmers and farm workers, exacerbate the need for timely information, and have new implications for occupational safety and health (OSH).
AGRO-WELL follows a highly interdisciplinary approach to enhance knowledge for technological transitions towards an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable agricultural sector. It brings together leading scientists from a multitude of OSH-related disciplines, various regions across Europe, key technology providers and farmer representatives.
The project will assess farmer needs and explore ways to increase awareness with respect to smart farming. AGRO-WELL builds on five technologies to leverage the potential of robotics, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence to enhance working conditions and farm safety, enable faster and better-informed farm management decisions, and reduce the environmental impact of four different farming systems. Potential effects of the technologies will be multidimensionally assessed. To support market uptake, AGRO-WELL will design and explore the viability of business models based on novel technologies that are predominantly focused on improving OSH. To support other promising technologies, AGRO-WELL will incorporate an open technology competition enabled by cascade funding. All project results will be synthesized in effective dissemination strategies and meaningful policy recommendations to foster promising technological solutions and sustainable business models.
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- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinator
80333 Muenchen
Germany