The goal of RECREO is to provide agronomists and agricultural entrepreneurs with a Decision Support System (DSS) for precision irrigation and fertilization of extensive crops. Through an integrated analysis of heterogeneous data acquired both in the field (moisture sensors, weather stations, SAP-FLOW sensors, optical-spectral sensors) and remotely (satellite images and proximal data acquired from drones; use of electromagnetic emission sensors for soil mapping activities), it can generate specific irrigation and fertilization programs for the short and medium term. These programs are optimized based on the soil-climatic characteristics of the site, as well as the agro-hydraulic and phenological aspects of the crop.

On 1 June 2018 the European Commission presented to the Parliament and to the European Council the legislative proposals for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy valid for the period 2021-2027 in order to pursue the objective of an agriculture capable of resisting changes (especially those of the market), which is sustainable, and which guarantees the vitality of rural areas through greater synergies with policies and the most incisive research and innovation initiatives by increasing the use of new technologies in agriculture, still not widespread throughout the EU, especially by small and medium-sized enterprises. In this regard, the project PARADISE, which fits within the GREEN ECONOMY specialization area, aims to study the development of peri-urban agricultural areas, in order to guarantee: i) an appropriate integration with the social and urban fabric, ii) a production process based on the paradigm of precision agriculture that is effective and respectful of the environment, and iii) an energy sustainability from renewable sources of the technological infrastructure to support the production process.

The goal of PANtHEOn is to develop the agricultural equivalent of an industrial Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to be used for the precision farming of large orchards of hazelnut. Our objective is to design an integrated system where unmanned robotics components move within the orchards to collect data and perform some of the most common farming operations. The information will be stored in a central unit that will integrate the data coming from the different robotic units to perform automatic feedback actions and to support the decisions of agronomists and farmers.

The NECTAR project is focused on control issues for networked robotic systems. In particular, the NECTAR project wants to investigate and develop innovative techniques for the control of networked and cooperative robotic systems, i.e., teams of autonomous vehicles that, in order to achieve a common goal, cooperate by exchanging information via a wireless communication. The project activities will be focused on the development of motion control techniques for a team of mobile robots that has to carry out coordinated missions both in an environment lacking of a communication infrastructure (or sensor network) and in an environment where these infrastructure are available.