Agriculture

Simulations of sand dune movements is just one of many examples of how space technology can help the region to protect its environment.

Since camels often move between different regions, controlling diseases such as corona viruses calls for a transboundary approach.

Researchers from across Europe are hard at work developing a robot that autonomously roams a greenhouse, “eye-balling” sweet peppers to check if they have reached optimal ripeness, and then plucks them off the plant and places them in a vat – all automatically.