The KIBOT project – Research on the yield of kiwi plantations using 4.0 technologies – aims primarily to study new variables related to the vegetative development of the kiwi plant in order to estimate the yield of a kiwi plantation quickly, reliably, and at low cost, months before the fruit appears. This allows sufficient time to take action to increase yield if it is below expectations and to identify possible pests or diseases that could harm the plant before irreversible damage occurs.

The project also investigates how to automatically acquire information about these variables using technologies linked to Industry 4.0 (computer vision, artificial intelligence, IoT, etc.), and the reliability of the model will be validated by comparing the data obtained with the number and volume of the fruits that eventually grow, which will also be counted automatically.

In addition, the influence of variables such as soil moisture and ambient temperature on any deviations that may occur is being analysed.

KIBOT has been funded by IDEPA under the R&D Project Programme for the 2021 financial year (file number IDE/2021/000378).

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