The ICAERUS project focuses on enhancing the use of drones in agriculture, forestry, and rural areas to support European Commission strategies for food security and environmental challenges. With a budget of €5.9 million and a consortium of research institutes, industry stakeholders, and NGOs, the project aims to develop a platform, data analytics, and various use cases while addressing socio-economic and regulatory challenges. Its goal is to promote safe and effective drone deployment while examining associated risks and added values.

1. Innovations and Capacity building in Agricultural Environmental and Rural UAV Services
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SmartAgriHubs Final Event | Lisbon, PT| 26-28 Sept 2022
ICAERUS Project
Presentation
All Partners

2. Title: Innovations and Capacity building in Agricultural Environmental and Rural Uav Services
Proposal number: 101060643
Status: Active
Duration: 4 years Start Date: 01 July 2022
Overall Budget: € 5,914,703.00 Funding: € 5,458,276.25 - EU contribution & € 465,426.75 - UKRI
Funding scheme: Research and Innovation action Funded under: Horizon Europe
Project Officer: Alessandra SASSO Financial Officer: Charlotte PONT
Activity: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-21
Topic: Potential of drones as multi-purpose vehicle – risks and added values
About ICAERUS
Project Information
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3. ICAERUS
Conception and
vision
AUA
15 mins
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4. Drones can make an important contribution to a number of European Commission's strategies to
ensure food security, address climate and environmental challenges and reverse biodiversity loss.
European Commission's strategies
Drones as multi-purpose vehicle
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5. The big picture: Drones are currently used to varying degrees in EU Member States.
The multi-purpose application of drones brings socio-economic, environmental and regulatory
challenges that limit their current use across Europe.
● Costly investment
● Knowledge gaps, data protection and technology misuse
● Environmental conditions significantly limit the use of drones
● Regulatory restrictions
● Safety regulations
What challenges are we tackling?
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6. Who we are?
ICAERUS Consortium
✔ 3 European research
institutes and universities
✔ 6 industry stakeholders
and technology SMEs
✔ 4 NPOs
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7. ICAERUS Conception & Vision
A game-changer for the use of drones in rural areas
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8. The ICAERUS vision is to explore opportunities and provide a more complete and interconnected
account of the potential and impact of drones as multi-purpose vehicles in EU agriculture, forestry
and rural areas.
The aim of ICAERUS is to showcase and support, through application, the effective, efficient and safe
deployment of drones as well as, identify the risks and added values associated with their use.
Main Objective
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9. ● The ICAERUS Platform
● Drone Market Landscape
● Drone Data Analytics
Library
● ICAERUS Use Cases
and Open Call Trials
● Socio-economic and
Environmental Impact
Assessment (SEIA)
Results
● Inclusive Business and
Governance Models
● ICAERUS Academy
What are we going to develop?
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10. ICAERUS Use Cases & Open Call Trials
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11. • The standardisation activities and research gained from AW-Drones will act as
inputs for the reduction of risks in the implementations of UCs, OCTs and
demonstration activities within ICAERUS.
• The scientific methodologies, design approach and development framework
related to the drone developed by ROMI will assist ICAERUS in the optimal
organisation and deployment of the relevant UCs.
• The background gained in data capturing and acquisition combined with
mission planning accuracy will assist ICAERUS in the design and
implementation of UCs. In addition, the ICAERUS Platform will be fed with
algorithms from this project.
What is our starting point?
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12. • Technical knowledge obtained from OPTIMA will be effectively transferred to an
aerial implementation, ultimately compared to conventional spraying.
• The pedagogical approach and the innovations
developed to engage learners in this MOOC
will be used in the online material developed
for ICEARUS.
• The methodology on linking business processes with rural development will be
utilised in the governance and business models of ICAERUS. The know-how on
managing open calls targeted to agriculture, forestry and rural areas.
What is our starting point?
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13. THANK YOU
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ICAERUS Partners