Society & government
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 970619.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 970619.
This development is made possible in part by the
“Europees Fonds voor Regionale Ontwikkeling“
and the Province of Limburg.
“Europees Fonds voor Regionale Ontwikkeling“
and the Province of Limburg.
CrossRoads – RoboHemp2025
The characteristics of hemp are very favorable. Hemp grows quickly, requires little water, needs no pesticides, improves the soil structure, and has a high CO2 absoption capacity.
The Flemish SME Hyler and the Dutch SME AgXeed are developing a self-driving hemp harvesting machine together.
The harvesting requires a specific technique, which has the best outcome when it’s done automatically. Namely since the harvested hemp must be perfectly cut into two parts and laid neatly parallel behind the machine, taking into account the length of the hemp and the space in between the rows.