Eurecat, the Technology Centre of Catalonia, is calling for new technological proposals to be presented at the Sant Miquel Fair.
The great challenge of agricultural robotics is to advance in the multifunctionality of the devices, which is of enormous complexity, as explained today the promoter of Robotics of Eurecat, Technology Centre of Catalonia, Jesús Pablo, during the presentation of the conference “Automation of operations of mobile robots in agricultural environments (projects Robs4Crops, Scorpion and agROBOfood)”, held at the Agora Tecnológica del Área 5G de Ponent, “LleidaON” at the 67th edition of the Sant Miquel Agricultural Fair (National Agricultural Machinery Show) and the 36th edition of Eurofruit (Professional Fair of Fruit Industry Suppliers).
Although technology applied to agriculture has developed in recent years, the big problem with robots is that, for now, they only do one specific task, but are not multifunctional, according to Pablo who, nevertheless, has encouraged all those interested to present ideas and technological projects that can be developed with European funding and with the collaboration of companies. Precisely, Eurecat, which is a centre that provides innovative technology to companies in order to respond to their innovation needs, offers advice and management of initiatives, in this case robotics, that are of interest. “It is the time to investigate and if we have good ideas, we have to put them forward”, according to Jesús Pablo.
In fact, Pablo commented that there are already many good proposals, but there is often a lack of funding for them to go ahead, an issue on which Eurecat, an entity with a presence in many countries, can also provide advice. The speaker also stressed the importance of the promotion and creation of experimental farms and, obviously, the promotion of the digital environment to facilitate innovation and the application of new technology, such as 5G.
This year’s Sant Miquel Fair has a stand in Pavilion 4 of the 5G Area of the Ponent “Lleida ON”, which functions as a technology agora with a packed programme of activities. The initiative is supported by the Department of Digital Policies and Public Administration of the Catalan Government and is carried out within the 5G Strategy of Catalonia, with the collaboration of the Mobile World Capital Barcelona, the i2CAT Foundation, the Chamber of Commerce of Lleida, the Diputació de Lleida, Lleida City Council and Telefónica.
