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Insect Farming  ·  Robotics & AI

Innovation is key to success in insect farming and CoRoSect is leading the way!+

Insect farming is a rapidly growing industry, and recent developments in technology have made it even more promising. The CoRoSect team of insect breeders and technical experts have been working together to incorporate technology into each stage of the insect farming process, from breeding to harvesting. The development of end-effectors, tools that are used to manipulate insects and objects in the insect farming environment, have been tested for their effectiveness in picking up and handling insects, without causing harm to them.

The most important factor in insect farming is keeping track of the habitat where the insects are raised. In order to ensure the most effective monitoring, prototypes of sensors have been developed that can measure temperature, humidity, carbon-dioxide, ammonia, and moisture levels in the substrate. These sensors have been tested for their accuracy and usability and have provided valuable information about the scale of different parameters in the insect growing environment.

Robots have been created and further developed for use in insect farming, including D-Robot which can accurately and robustly stack and destack crates without crashing due to the use of a 3D simulator, an interface for the robot and an open-source tool for planning its trajectory paths. Additionally, M-Robot Asset Administration Shell (AAS) has been launched to connect the robot to the CoRoSect Management System (IMS) to allow for the exchange of information and commands. They have been tested by performing various tasks, like ordering a visual inspection and placing the robot in an insect farm environment.

These advancements in insect farming technologies are making insect farming more efficient and sustainable, allowing for improved breeding, rearing and harvesting of insects, making it a more viable and sustainable source of protein.

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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.

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Dr. Rico Möckel
Maastricht University
Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE)
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CEO Foodscale Hub

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101016953.

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