The Second Open Call to SMEs for Funding Innovation Researches in agROBOfood Project Has Been Launched!
agROBOfood, has just launched the 2nd "Open Call" for funding additional Innovation Experiments in order to boost the adoption of robotics in the agricultural sector and strengthen its network,. Through this call agROBOfood will distribute 2.7 M€ for the direct benefit of SMEs and support is up to 300,000€ per proposal.
Proposals under the 'Call for Industrial Challenges' must find a solution to at least one of the following issues :
- Optimized spraying can provide improved environmental conditions or not(Spraying robots).
- Robots are able to improve working conditions in the fresh and processed food industry workforce or not (Logistics robots).
- Robots in the livestock industry are posing ethical challenges by replacing human labor with machines or not (Robots for livestock (feeding)).
- Harvesting robots are may provide added value compared to existing machine solutions or not (Robots for selective harvesting).
- What sort of job opportunities can robots bring to clean up livestock farms (Cleaning robots)?
The basic criteria for participation in the Open Calls are to:
• Applicants must be SMEs.
• Applicants must apply individually, not as a consortium.
• The proposal must be submitted before the set deadline.
• The proposals must request funding for the part of the work that is not yet completed.
For further information please access here. The call period, which started on October 20, 2020, will end on February 20, 2021.
Please contact to TARMAKBİR Academic Advisory Group Member Assoc. Dr. Behiç Tekin for detailed information, (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
agROBOfood is a Horizon 2020 project aiming to build a European ecosystem for the effective adoption of robotic technologies in the agrifood sector and to support SMEs become more efficient and competitive.
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