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AgWearCare
About Technology
System to monitor agricultural workers health and crop status in real-time.
AgWearcare uses proprietary wearable devices, a mobile application, and a remote server for seamless data collection and analysis.
Inventors
Duarte Filipe Dias
João Mendes Moreira
Nuno Moura Costa
Aníbal José Silva
Adriana Guedes Arrais
João Paulo Cunha
Licensing Contacts
Marta Vranas
Problem
The agroforestry industry heavily relies on manual labor, which leads to inefficiencies, low profitability, and health issues for the workers due to poor ergonomics, such as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs. The main challenges faced by the industry include cost optimization, ensuring worker safety, and promoting their well-being. However, lack of real-time knowledge about worker activities, weather conditions, and physical exertion makes it difficult to address these challenges.
While agriculture undergoes digitalization for sustainability, technology mainly focuses on crop monitoring that relies on expensive image analysis or robotics, neglecting worker monitoring.
There is an opportunity to develop monitoring systems that can manage labor resources and support decision-making for worker productivity and well-being. This could help to address the critical gaps in the current agricultural technology.
Solution
System to monitor agricultural workers health and crop status in real-time.
Our solution is AgWearCare, an innovative technology for agricultural management that monitors worker health and crop status in real-time.
AgWearcare uses proprietary wearable devices, a mobile application, and a remote server for seamless data collection and analysis.
The wearable devices monitor physiological parameters, while georeferencing ensures precise location data, in real-time. The innovative algorithm correlates worker sensor data with agriculture crop conditions, transmitted to the cloud for easy access and analysis via a web dashboard or integration with existing platforms.
Our forward-thinking approach prioritizes worker well-being while optimizing agricultural operations, making AgWearCare a cutting-edge solution for the agroforestry sector.
Unique benefits
Worker-centered
Métricas para o bem-estar físico dos trabalhadores, prevenindo riscos para a saúde, stress e fadiga
Ergonomic system
Dispositivos vestíveis adaptados às tarefas agrícolas para conforto dos trabalhadores
Data-driven
Estima o estado das culturas e informa os processos de tomada de decisão
Cost-effective
Utiliza a atividade normal dos trabalhadores para recolha e monitorização de dados
Versatile
Integra-se com plataformas existentes para operação sem interrupções
Use Cases
Monitor and analyse employee work patterns and physical well-being to reduce the risk of injuries among agricultural workers
Assess crop status without the need for complex technology
Provide data-driven insights for agricultural managers to optimize labour management and crop productivity
Technology Details
Commercial Rights
License Status
Technology Area(s)
Agriculture & food
Medical Technology
Impact Area(s)
Scientific Publications
Novel Real-time Metrics for Quantified Vineyard Workers' Operations with Wearable Devices
Intellectual Property
Europe (patent pending)