Skip to content

Support in interconnecting system under test to AgrifoodTEF’s physical infrastructure

Contact Service Provider

Summary

Support in interconnecting system under test to AgrifoodTEF’s physical infrastructure

S00111
Version: 1.11

  • arable farming
  • horticulture
  • viticulture
  • test setup
  • physical system (possibly including software); software
  • Location: in Italy
  • Offered by: POLIMI; UNIMI

E-Mail

Description

This service concerns the integration of the customers’ system under test and associated data (if any) with the testing infrastructure set up at the target facility.

This phase is crucial to ensure that the communication between the tested system and the technical infrastructure supporting the testing activities (such as local networks, sensors and other devices, or logging systems collecting and managing the required data for diagnostics and testing purposes) is smooth and uninterrupted.
This service also includes the development of any custom components needed to ensure a successful two-way integration between the system and the testing infrastructure (e.g., a software component to format data or perform transcoding).

Example service: To continuously monitor the hydric stress of grapevines, the system under test must visit all plant rows in the vineyards. To ensure smooth data logging during navigation, the system is set up to interface with the IoT network located at the testing facility via a locally available wireless network. Repeaters are also configured in parts of the testing field where network signal is particularly low. The service supports the customer in interconnecting their system with the IoT network and successfully exploit the available sensor data; additionally, a custom software module for data collection compatible with the Robot Operating System (ROS) is developed to enable proper logging of the IoT data along with the streams generated internally by the system (based on ROS) under test. As tests proceeds and data are logged, a backup copy is securely stored every 180 seconds in a centralised data repository managed by AgrifoodTEF.