PhenoRob is a platform promoting technology-driven approaches towards sustainable crop production. The Cluster is structured around 6 closely linked Core Projects with further large-scale field experiments at Campus Klein-Altendorf and in other areas of Germany.
CP 1: In-Field 4D Crop Reconstruction
To make good decisions, it is vital to know the current condition of the field. Core Project 1 develops novel ground and aerial vehicles that operate autonomously and provide precisely georeferenced, phenotypic data from single plant organs over the experimental plot to the field scale.
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CP 2: Relevance Detection of Crop Features
Based on aboveground data collected in the field that display crop development, Core Project 2 identifies unknown correlations towards realizing new expressive features for crop science.
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CP 3: The Soil-Root Zone
Core Project 3 measures the soil-root zones of crops with minimally or non-invasive sensors and robotic technology concentrating on sensing and predicting root performance in the field.
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CP 4: Autonomous In-Field Intervention
Core Project 4 aims at converting the collected data into robotic actions in the fields, exploiting digital avatars.
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CP 5: New Field Arrangements
Crop mixtures offer multiple advantages over mono-cropping. Newly developed advanced data acquisition and data analysis tools provide new insights into interactions and mechanisms in crop mixtures.
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CP 6: Technology Adoption and Impact
Core Project 6 analyzes the potential impact of robotics and phenotyping technologies on agricultural development, welfare, the environment, the landscape, as well as on the farm level.
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Field Experiments
We operate a large number of field experiments across Germany. These field experiments provide a test field to develop PhenoRob technology under realistic agricultural conditions.
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