FOCUS - Advances in FOrestry Control and aUtomation Systems in Europe
FOCUS will demonstrate how innovative sensor technologies and control methods can facilitate the integration of control and planning mechanism in the main forest-based value chains in Europe (lumber, pulpwood, biomass, cork).
Steckbrief
- Lead-Departement Hochschule für Agrar-, Forst- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften
- Weitere Departemente Technik und Informatik
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Institut
Multifunktionale Waldwirtschaft
Research Institute for the Security in the Information Society RISIS -
Forschungseinheit
RISIS / Security Engineering Lab
Waldökosystem und Waldmanagement - Förderorganisation Europäische Union
- Laufzeit 01.01.2014 - 12.06.2018
- Projektverantwortung Christian Rosset
- Projektleitung Christian Rosset
- Schlüsselwörter Precision forestry, sensors, automation, integrated planning and control
Ausgangslage
The goal of FOCUS is to improve sustainability, productivity and product marketability of forest-based value chains through an innovative technological platform for integrated planning and control of the whole tree-to-product operations.
Vorgehen
FOCUS brings together leading SMEs, experts and organisations in the fields of precision forestry, sensors, automation and software development. Case studies will be set in Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and Portugal covering the four main forest-based value chains in Europe (lumber, pulpwood, biomass, cork), from forest planning and monitoring forest growth, harvesting, wood transportation and industrial processing.