Ember Regis has been in Italy filming a revolutionary new crop sprayer which reduces the spread of pesticide and prevents contamination of the environment.
We were invited to film the ISAFRUIT crop assisted sprayer application (CASA) by one of the project partners, Warwick HRI.
The sprayer combines the latest technology in crop canopy, crop health and environmental condition sensing. In response to these combined inputs it can ensure that only the required amount of pesticide is applied to apple trees.
Ember Regis cameraman Ashley Pollak on location in Trentino
The sprayer is currently on a tour of 7 European countries, allowing growers to glimpse the future of sprayer technology and is pictured here in San Michele all’Adige, Trentino, Italy.
ISAFRUIT (an EU integrated Research Project under FP6) is an integrated research project with more than 300 scientists from 60 research and development institutions and SMEs, in 16 countries across Europe, the USA and New Zealand, working together towards a common goal. The objective is to increase the consumption of fruit throughout Europe for the benefit of human health, with particular emphasis on addressing bottlenecks such as consumer preferences, fruit availability and quality, and environmentally-friendly production.
The revolutionary ISAFRUIT crop sprayer