SCORPION Project 

Agriculture in rough terrain is challenging due to steepness, lack of space to manoeuvre and harsh atmospheric conditions. To cope with these challenges a consortium led by INESC TEC was formed for SCORPION project, bringing together steep slope vineyards associations (CERVIM, INNOVI), robotics and agricultural machinery institutions (INESC TEC, EUT, IMAMOTER, WUR), SMEs and large company (TEYME, Deimos, SPI), and an institution devoted to innovation in the sector (IPN). SCORPION’ considers Global Navigation Satellite System receiver fused with other sensors, to increase the solution reliability, accuracy and safeness, and to enable autonomous ultraviolet light treatments and to allow high precision spraying in permanent crops.
SCORPION’s objective is to develop a safe and autonomous precision spraying tool integrated into a modular unmanned tractor (robotics platform) to increase spraying efficiency while reducing human and animal exposure to pesticides, water usage and labour costs.