AGRICULTURE 4.0 AUTOMATION PLATFORM

• Grant number: 20/00947-1
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: November 01, 2020
• End date: October 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Rodrigo Aznar Mendes
• Grantee: Rodrigo Aznar Mendes
• Company: Rodrigo Aznar Mendes
• CNAE: Fabricação de máquinas e equipamentos para a agricultura e pecuária, exceto para irrigação ; Fabricação de máquinas e equipamentos para uso industrial específico não especificados anteriormente ; Desenvolvimento e licenciamento de programas de computador customizáveis
• Principal investigators: Evanir Araújo da Conceição
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/14448-7 - Technology research of electronic modules for an agriculture 4.0 automation platform, BP.TT; 20/12133-9 - Agriculture 4.0 automation platform: subprojects management, team training and market fit, BP.PIPE; 20/12166-4 - Processes and tools research for adoption in the R&D area of an agricultural automation company, BP.PIPE

Abstract

The current project is concerned the design of a wireless and distributed automation platform for agriculture machines. It comprises the aspects of modularity and flexibility so that different use cases can be suited. It differs from market solutions for its cost/benefit proposal and for employing the most recent technologies on embedded systems and wireless network sensors. (AU)