Sensifai BV Selected as Spark Phase Winner of the EU AI Challenge Competition from AI-BOOST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Brussels, Belgium — Sensifai BV has announced its selection as a Spark Phase winner in the European Union’s AI-BOOST AI Challenge Competition. The team will advance “EdgeVLA-ROS” for Challenge 1: GenAI-Based Natural Language Mission Generator for Autonomous Robots in Agriculture, in collaboration with industry challenge owner Consorzio Intellimech.

Out of applications submitted across Europe, Sensifai was chosen by an independent panel of experts to deploy its generative AI solution for solving Challenge 1 in partnership with Intellimech. Agricultural field robots have traditionally presented high operational barriers for non-specialist operators, requiring complex scripting or rigid user interfaces. Sensifai’s winning project, EdgeVLA-ROS (Risk-Calibrated Clarify–Validate–Execute Mission Generation for Agricultural Robots), eliminates this friction by converting spoken or typed natural language into safe, verifiable, and executable robot missions.

At the heart of the innovation is Sensifai’s Risk-Calibrated Clarify–Validate–Execute (RC-CVE) arbitration architecture. Rather than executing ambiguous commands blindly, RC-CVE evaluates intent confidence, vision, and vineyard maps to either execute safe tasks, ask a targeted clarifying question when ambiguity arises, or safely reject invalid actions violating no-go zones or physical constraints.

During the upcoming months, Sensifai will advance EdgeVLA-ROS from Technology Readiness Level 3 (TRL 3) to TRL 5, progressing towards field validation on the JOiiNT LAB vineyard robot platform.

“Being selected as an AI-BOOST winner strongly validates our technical approach and mission to bring trustworthy, grounded Generative AI into complex real-world robotics. With EdgeVLA-ROS, we are ensuring that autonomous robots in agriculture can interact naturally with operators while strictly adhering to safety and operational boundaries. We look forward to working closely with Intellimech and leveraging European supercomputing infrastructure at CINECA to turn this cutting-edge research into an industry-ready solution.” — Dr. Mohamad Hasan Bahari, CEO and Project Lead, Sensifai BV

About the AI-BOOST AI Challenge Competition: Funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 101135737), AI-BOOST is a major European initiative designed to propel trustworthy, cutting-edge Generative AI development. The AI Challenge Competition targets four strategic industrial sectors starting at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 2–3, guiding high-potential teams to demonstrate validated Proofs of Concept at TRL 4–5. In the Spark Phase, five selected winning teams per challenge secure a place in the next stage, gaining technical guidance and access to European supercomputing infrastructure (such as CINECA’s LEONARDO supercomputer) to build their initial prototype. In the Advance Phase, winners proceed through a multi-month development and validation programme, culminating in a live demonstration event in Brussels in February 2027, where final winners will be selected.

About Sensifai BV: Sensifai BV is an AI technology company specializing in multimodal artificial intelligence, computer vision, audio processing, and edge robotics. Sensifai builds intelligent software pipelines that bridge foundation models with embedded systems and autonomous field platforms.

About AI-BOOST: For more information about the AI-BOOST project, visit: https://aiboost-project.eu/

Disclaimer: Funded by the European Union under GA No 101135737. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.