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April 26
As part of COP-PILOT’s Cluster 3A, AgriTech Transformation and Sustainability Initiative (ATSI), the project successfully carried out, at the beginning of April, the first fully integrated field demonstration of its robotic weed management solution in spinach cultivation fields in Kilkis, Greece.
For the first time, all core field components operated together as a unified system under real agricultural conditions. A custom-equipped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), developed and operated by the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), autonomously navigated crop rows, detecting and spot-treating weeds using on-board edge AI. At the same time, a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle performed aerial monitoring of the same fields, providing complementary insights from above. Data from both platforms were streamed in real time to the AgroApps 360 Farm Management Information System (FMIS), which acted as the operational backbone linking field-level intelligence with farm management processes. The demonstration provided a tangible example of COP-PILOT’s end-to-end orchestration capabilities across the Cloud-Edge-IoT continuum.
The activity validated the project’s integrated technology stack, combining ground robotics, aerial monitoring, edge-based AI inference, and cloud-enabled coordination within a single operational workflow. It demonstrated the solution’s readiness for deployment in real farming environments while showcasing the benefits of interoperable digital services for precision agriculture.
The demonstration brought together researchers from AUA, specialists from AgroApps, agronomists from Barba Stathis, and local farmers collaborating with Barba Stathis. Participants engaged directly with the technologies in the field, generating valuable discussions on operational workflows, practical applicability, and the integration of autonomous robotics, edge intelligence, and 5G-enabled services into day-to-day agricultural operations.
