Scaling insect farming often comes down to overcoming three persistent challenges: unpredictable environmental conditions, labour-intensive monitoring, and inconsistent production quality. Cyber-Physical System (CPS) solutions address these issues by unifying sensors, automation, and real-time control into a single coordinated system. Explore […]
CoRoSect, a Horizon 2020 project led by Maastricht University that started in January 2021, has successfully concluded in March 2024. The project’s goal was to foster collaborative environments between humans and robots, while also streamlining labour-intensive tasks in insect farming […]
CoRoSect partners authored an article, titled “Optimizing substrate for sustainable mass production of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae utilizing side streams”. This study explores optimizing black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) production by carefully designing a test substrate using plant-based […]
CoRoSect partners authored an article title: “A lightweight MES using RAMI4.0 on the example of Smart Insect Farms”. The article presents a cost-effective, lightweight RAMI4.0-compliant Manufacturing Operation System (MES) tailored for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), using the CoRoSect project’s […]
CoRoSect partners authored an article title: “Actor-Oriented Scalable Domain-Specific Cluster Architecture for Cloud-Applications”. This article describes the conceptualization of a scalable domain-specific cluster architecture for cloud applications, addressing the challenges of complexity and maintenance in microservice architectures. The proposed solution […]
CoRoSect partners authored a new article titled: “First Optimization of Tomato Pomace in Diets for Tenebrio molitor (L.) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)”. The article investigates the use of tomato pmace, a by-product of tomato processing, as a component in rearing substrate for […]
CoRoSect partners authored an article title: “A lightweight MES using RAMI4.0 on the example of Smart Insect Farms”. The article presents a cost-effective, lightweight RAMI4.0-compliant Manufacturing Operation System (MES) tailored for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), using the CoRoSect project’s […]
On the 4th and 5th of October, CoRoSect will participate in Synergy Days in Thessaloniki, Greece. This will be an ideal opportunity for the project to showcase its latest developed technology to the relevant players within the insect farming and […]
CoRoSect recently concluded its 1st pilot at the Norwegian insect farm at INVERTAPRO. This amazing initiative brought together technology developers and insect breeders to test out the immense achievements that can be realized through their collaboration. INVERTAPRO was a great […]
CoRoSect has taken a significant step forward with the launch of its first pilot at Invertapro. This pilot represents a significant milestone in the journey toward automating and enhancing insect farming processes. The piloting activities focused on two crucial use […]
CoRoSect is developing a novel Cognitive Robotic System for Digitalized and Networked (Automated) Insect Farms. We bring leading-edge robotics, AI, and some of the best experts in our industry - to help embrace automation and wave goodbye to the monotonous and mundane tasks.
Dr. Rico Möckel
Maastricht University
Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE)
Paul Henri Spaaklaan 1
6229EN Maastricht
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31433883482
rico.mockel@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Prof. Dr. Mladen Radišić
CEO Foodscale Hub
Narodnog fronta 73
21000 Novi Sad
Serbia
Tel.: (+381) 21 300 8023
mladen@foodscalehub.com
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101016953.
