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).
Factsheet
- Lead department School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
- Additional departments Engineering and Information Technology
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Institute
Multifunctional forest management
Research Institute for the Security in the Information Society RISIS -
Research unit
RISIS / Security Engineering Lab
Forest Ecosystem and Management - Funding organisation Europäische Union
- Duration 01.01.2014 - 12.06.2018
- Project management Christian Rosset
- Head of project Christian Rosset
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Project staff
Ulrich Fiedler
Daniela Rommel
Martin Ziesak
Christian Rosset
Clotilde Gollut
Julien Künzi -
Partner
Simosol Oy
Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Inesc Porto-Instituto de engenharia de sistemas e computadores
Azevedos Industria maquinas e equipamentos industiais SA
Research Studios Austria
Hohenlocher Spezial-Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Holzcluster Steiermark GmbH
Wahlers Forsttechnik GmbH
Valedemar Fernandes da Silva SA - Keywords Precision forestry, sensors, automation, integrated planning and control
Situation
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.
Course of action
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.
