About EnTechAgri
This project, shortly named EnTechAgri, will foster mutual student exchange and develop entirely new joint educational and research activities in enabling technologies for precision agriculture, along with fieldwork, summer schools, workshops, and student supervision.
The project will also create a completely new class in advanced robotics based on enabling technologies, including computer vision, control, and automation. Even though this is at the forefront of research, all concepts, examples, and algorithms will be relatively simple to understand and implement. These will provide the students with effective and powerful practical tools to develop advanced robotic systems for real-world agricultural applications.
The project activities mainly consist of promoting productive interaction in higher education, research, and cooperation in innovation between academic institutions in Norway and Brazil (NMBU, PUC, UFRJ, and Embrapa), enhancing the quality and relevance of study programs.
Second, the project aims to connect great players in digital intelligence for precision agriculture (Saga Robotics, Solinftec, and Smart Agri), as we know that the planet is going through a turning point in search of more efficient, sustainable food production.
Read about the project on HK-dir's websiteThe main goals of the project are as follows:
- Bring together two strong research groups, one on agricultural robotics (NMBU) and one on artificial intelligence (PUC), to develop a truly novel class on advanced robotics that will hold high international standards;
- Use a solid personal relationship between researchers to develop a strong partnership between the institutions NMBU and PUC. The partnership will strengthen education at all levels at both institutions and continue a strong collaboration in robotics research for years to come;
- Facilitate collaboration between students from Norway and Brazil by organizing annual events where they meet and work together on specific projects for a longer period;
- Allow students to participate in ongoing research projects at both universities actively and, in particular, projects on which NMBU, PUC, UFRJ, and Embrapa collaborate;
- Actively involve students in projects with industry partners, who will define challenges and opportunities for student projects to guarantee that they work on industry-relevant problems;
- Increase student mobility between Norway and Brazil with a focus on education and research; Facilitate the recruitment of students for the companies involved.
Main partner organisations:
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Other participating organisations:
- The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Brazil)
- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Smart Agri, Ltd. (Brazil)
- Solinftec Agronomy Solutions, Inc. (Brazil)
- Saga Robotics AS (Norway)