The FIRST Lab’s mission is to conduct applied interdisciplinary research at the intersection of “mechatronics, robotics and automation” and “agro-forestry”. In particular, under the Autonomous Province of Bolzano’s S3 Strategy, this project and laboratory of the Free University of Bolzano lies within the domain of “Alpine Technology” and has natural connections with both energy- and food-technologies, which the province considers strategic research areas.