Deliverables

This deliverable summarises the results of the FlexiGroBots project’s stakeholder analysis done in task 2.1. The objective of the analysis was to understand how stakeholders view the project, its objectives, and planned outcomes. The results will guide the FlexiGroBots platform specification work to be done in Task 2.2.

The stakeholder analysis was done using a Google Forms questionnaire with 72 questions addressing the needs and opinions related to the FlexiGroBots project’s objectives and platform features. The questionnaire was distributed using email to project partners and their contacts that were considered relevant for the project. About 60 replies were received and analysed.

The main finding of the analysis was that robots and AI are seen as a natural evolution in the domain of agriculture. Farmers are familiar with using digital tools and robots, and AI services are seen as such. Data spaces and data sharing were seen as tools for achieving higher in-depth situational awareness of the farm through AI services, augmented maps, and advanced analytics services. The future of agriculture and food production is in precision farming and transparency of the food production value chain, and data is the main enabler for them. The survey confirms the main approach in the FlexiGroBots platform. All three main elements: AI services, automation through agricultural robots, and data spaces are relevant in the project use cases and future farming. The analysis of results also clarified the need to take into account the ethical assessment and business modelling aspects in platform specification.

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This deliverable D2.2 describes the consolidated functional and non-functional requirements, architecture and detailed technical specifications for the FlexiGroBots platform. It is the first outcome of task T2.2 - Platform requirements and architecture. An updated version will be released in June of 2022, which corresponds to month eighteen of the project, with the publication of D2.3.

In order to leverage the know-how, results and lessons learnt during the last years as part of both innovation and commercial activities, FlexiGroBots performed an exhaustive analysis of the state-of-the-art considering relevant reference architectures, European research projects, standards and already available products. Thus, FlexiGroBots platform is based on technologies that are the result of years of investment by the whole European Community, being interoperable with innovative agriculture digital solutions and completely aligned with some of the most promising ecosystems that are being promoted currently, e.g., GAIA-X, European Common Data Spaces or the Artificial Intelligence on-demand-platform. FlexiGroBots includes by design requirements identified by the High-level Expert Group on AI of the European Commission (HLEG AI) to ensure ethical, human-centric and trustworthy AI and robotics systems for precision agriculture, thanks to the work that is being performed within T2.4 - ELSE factors and guidelines, under the coordination of CEPS.

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This deliverable presents the final version of the FlexiGroBots platform requirements and specifications, which have been conceived to allow automating precision agriculture services through the usage of heterogeneous multi-robot systems and exploiting diverse data sources with advanced AI techniques. It is the final result of Task 2.2 (Platform requirements and architecture) and has been produced leveraging the initial vision described in Deliverable 2.2.

The present document has been updated with new requirements extracted during the progress in the implementation of the platform prototypes within the scope of WP3 (Platform development) and its application and integration in the three project’s pilots in WP4 (Grapes), WP5 (Rapeseeds) and WP6 (Blueberries). A major part of the initial vision is still relevant and only fine-tuning has been required for most of the components of the platform and therefore this document is focused on the changes introduced from D2.2.

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This deliverable is the result of the work carried out in Task 2.3 (Portability, Interoperability and Standards) of WP2 (Requirements, architecture and standardisation). That is, the document presents the activities carried out throughout the project related to the standardisation, portability and interoperability of the different parts that make up FlexiGroBots. Therefore, it is mainly composed of a compilation of the most important standards used by the project partners and their uses within the FlexiGroBots activities.

 The main objective of this deliverable is to put into context and encourage standardisation-related activities by the project partners. By compiling all this information and presenting it together, the partners are able to better coordinate with each other by being aware of the standards they use and where they apply them in their project work. This document is the first version of the Standardisation Activities report 1.

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This deliverable presents how FlexiGroBots integrates ethical, legal, socio-economic and environmental (ELSE) considerations into the project. The ELSE research for this deliverable supports the pilots and the platform in three main steps: First, desk research on the literature on autonomous robots and on existing ethical and legal standards was conducted. Second, based on this research, several interviews were conducted to better understand the most important ELSE factors for the FlexiGroBots project. Third, based on the interviews and desk research, a list of recommendations for the pilots and platform were developed.

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This deliverable D2.7 presents the common methodology that is being followed to ensure the alignment between the three FlexiGroBots pilots, which are executed in four European countries in parallel by different teams and focused on various types of crops. It is the first outcome of task T2.5 – Pilots’ methodology, follow-up and alignment. An updated interim version of D2.7 will be released in December of 2022, which corresponds to month twenty-four of the project, with the publication of D2.8. The final version D2.9 will be published in month thirty-six, at the end of the project.

*This Deliverable is pending to be approved by the European Commission*

This deliverable presents the common methodology that is being followed to ensure the alignment between the three FlexiGroBots pilots implemented in four European countries (Spain, Serbia, Lithuania, Finland) on three different types of crops, and reporting the findings made during the second year of the project implementation. Also, this deliverable has a special focus on how the pilots can collaborate and share outcomes, so that others can benefit from the work done.

*This Deliverable is pending to be approved by the European Commission*