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Day 2 date: 16.02.2024
Location: FARI AI institute for the common good, Brussels
Organised by: Brussels Institute of Advanced Studies (BrIAS).
Funded By: BrIAS, FARI, FNRS, European Commission (Marie Sklodovska-Curie Grant N. 101102281).
Technical Support: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Chair : Emanuele Garone (ULB)
Program Chair: Luca Rossini (ULB)
Logistics Chair: Anja Garone (VUB)
Member of the Program Committee: Frederic Francis (ULg), Raphael Junkers (UCL), Francesco Lamonaca (University of Calabria), Mario Contarini (University of Tuscia), Yael Edan (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Carl Morch (FARI).
Description
Currently most agricultural control action (fertilisation, irrigation, plant protections, weeding, harvesting, etc.) are based on scarcely sampled measurements and are performed homogeneously over large portions of the farm, resulting in unnecessary usage of agrochemicals and loss of yield. “Precision Agriculture” aims at overcoming this limitation by performing actions only where and when they are effectively needed. Robotics is a key technology to support the technical challenges of precision agriculture. In this forum worldwide experts will approach the topic from different points of view, providing an overview of the current state of the art and future challenges of robotics in Agriculture.
PROGRAMME DAY 2 (16.2.2024)
08:30 – 09:00 – Welcome coffee
09:00 - 10:30 Session 4: Robotics for Agriculture II (Chair: E. Garone)
Cooperation of Unmanned Systems for Agriculture 4.0
Prof. Fabrizio Dabbene (BrIAS Senior Fellow/CNR - IEIIT, Italy)
On the usage of Drones in Agriculture: sensing, pollination, and protection
Ir. Paolo Marras (Aermatica3D s.r.l.)
Monitoring of agro-ecosystems based on low cost UAV acquisitions
Prof. Jean-Francois Bastin (Gembloux Agro Bio Tech, Universite de Liege
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Session 5: Sustainable Pest Management (Chair: F. Francis)
Sustainable Pest Management: Open Challenges in Sensing and Modelling
Dr. Mario Contarini & Prof. Stefano Speranza (Universita degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy)
What should the measurement community do to support precision agriculture ?
Prof. Francesco Lamonaca (BrIAS Senior Fellow/Universita degli Studi della Calabria, Italy)
Pest-Finder: Problems and Perspectives on pest modelling in agrifood
Dr. Luca Rossini (BrIAS Junior Fellow/ULB)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Session 6: Robots For Insects, Insects for Robots (Chair: L. Rossini)
The problem of optimal sensing: sensing as a robotic mission planning problem
Prof Emanuele Garone (ULB) and Dr. Nicolas Bono-Rosello (Universite de Namur/Sciensano)
What we are developing for Integrated Pest Management – The pats indoor concept
Bram Tijmons, Pats drones
Design of insect-inspired flying robots and their potential applications
Mateij Karasek (Flapper Drones, Czech Republic)
From social insects to social robots
Prof. Marco Dorigo (ULB/FNRS)
16:10: Final Remarks and Coffee
