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
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Schools involved
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
School of Engineering and Computer Science -
Institute(s)
Multifunctional Forest Management
Institute for Cybersecurity & Engineering (ICE) -
Research unit(s)
Forest Ecosystem and Management
ICE / Cyber Threat Intelligence - Funding organisation Europäische Union
- Duration 01.01.2014 - 12.06.2018
- Head of project Prof. Dr. Christian Rosset
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Project staff
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Fiedler
Daniela Rommel
Prof. Dr. Martin Ziesak
Prof. Dr. Christian Rosset
Julien Künzi -
Partner
Simosol Oy
Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW, Forstliches Bildungszentrum für Waldarbeit & Forsttechnik
Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
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.
