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Grant Award View - GA102869
Novel autonomous robotic weed control to maximise agricultural activity
GA ID:
GA102869
Agency:
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Approval Date:
18-Jun-2020
Publish Date:
24-Jul-2020
Category:
Industry Innovation
Grant Term:
23-Jul-2020 to 23-Apr-2023
Value (AUD):
$3,135,000.00
(GST inclusive where applicable)
One-off/Ad hoc:
No
Aggregate Grant Award:
No
PBS Program Name:
DISR 20/21 Investing in science, technology and commercialisation
Grant Program:
Cooperative Research Centres Programme
Grant Activity:
Novel autonomous robotic weed control to maximise agricultural activity
Purpose:
Development of an autonomous mobile robot, 'Kelpie', to identify individual weeds and selectively spray or remove them. Five Kelpie systems will be trialled on Monaro farms and Treasury Wine Estates vineyards; autonomously navigating the pasture or vineyard to economically control weeds where it is currently not possible.
Kelpie will record the position and size of the weeds, to produce a Weeds Map for planning and audit purposes, and a Feed Quality Map with the current farm stock carrying capacity.
The weeds data collected during the project will be analysed and made publicly available as a research resource as a Reference Weeds Library.
CRC-P funding enables the critical research on vegetation classification and weed identification.
GO ID:
GO Title:
Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grants - Round 9
Internal Reference ID:
CRCPIX000099
Selection Process:
Open Competitive
Confidentiality - Contract:
No
Confidentiality - Outputs:
No
Grant Recipient Details
Recipient Name:
AGENT ORIENTED SOFTWARE PTY LTD
Recipient ABN:
98 078 321 589
Grant Recipient Location
Suburb:
MELBOURNE
Town/City:
MELBOURNE
Postcode:
3000
State/Territory:
VIC
Country:
AUSTRALIA
Grant Delivery Location
State/Territory:
VIC
Postcode:
3000
Country:
AUSTRALIA