Modular and scalable automation for field robots. Lighthouse project "cognitive agriculture"

Agricultural technology is under pressure due to unsolved farm successions, labour shortage and climate protection goals. Precision farming and smart farming are expected to have a high impact on sustainability on a long time scale. The Fraunhofer lighthouse project ""Cognitive Agriculture"" (COGNAC) is working on increasing the efficiency and sustainability of agricultural processes by developing a living digital ecosystem called Agriculture Data Space. A short introduction to parts of the ecosystem such as the ADS-enabling platform and the automated charging field robots are presented.