On 23 April 2026, COP-PILOT conducted its third Cluster 4 pilot at Filipe Palhoça Vinhos, delivering a live demonstration of advanced digital vineyard management solutions. The activity further validated the Water Utilisation Efficiency use case (UC#4.2) in a real vineyard environment. The pilot took place in the context of an AVIPE event, with Terraview and OneSource as the main contributing partners.
The demonstration combined soil-moisture sensing, drone-based monitoring, edge computing, and vineyard analytics within a unified COP-PILOT-enabled workflow. Soil-moisture data were transmitted through local connectivity to the edge environment, where preprocessing supported subsequent AquaView analysis and predictive modelling. In parallel, drone imagery enabled vine-health monitoring, with processing steps such as stitching and tiling performed at the edge prior to visualisation in the platform. Beyond the individual AquaView capabilities, the demonstration highlighted how the COP-PILOT platform enables the coordination and interoperability of heterogeneous components, integrating sensing, data processing, and analytics into a coherent operational pipeline.
A key outcome of the activity was the demonstration that the Water Utilisation Efficiency use case can be effectively deployed in a different vineyard setting while maintaining functional consistency. The COP-PILOT platform provided the mechanisms required to integrate local data sources, adapt to site-specific conditions, and orchestrate processing and analytics services without requiring fundamental changes to the overall workflow. This confirms the ability of the solution to support interoperable deployment across distinct agricultural environments.
Approximately 40 farmers and vineyard stakeholders attended the pilot, contributing valuable feedback from an end-user perspective. Their participation confirmed that the integrated approach-combining sensor data, field observations, edge processing, and analytics-can support informed and actionable decision-making in a way that remains accessible and relevant to practitioners.
This pilot provides further validation of the COP-PILOT platform as an enabler of interoperable digital services in precision agriculture. By supporting the deployment of the Water Utilisation Efficiency use case in a distinct vineyard context, the activity demonstrates the platform’s ability to abstract, integrate, and orchestrate heterogeneous data sources and services within a consistent operational framework.
The results reinforce key project objectives related to interoperability, portability, and reusability. In particular, the pilot highlights how COP-PILOT facilitates the transfer of use-case logic across environments, enabling scalable and adaptable digital solutions for viticulture and broader agricultural applications.
