Dossier
Robotics & Drones
At Wageningen University & Research, more than 60 engineers and researchers work together with industrial partners on new robotic systems for agri and food. They use their knowledge of innovative research and translate it to practical solutions.
Robots and drones play an important role in agriculture, horticulture and nature conservation. They replace the senses of farmers, and come into action with Swiss precision. With the use of a robot or other forms of Smart Farming, less energy and raw materials are required, unattractive working conditions are avoided and revenues are higher and of better quality.
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News about robotics and drones
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WUR monitors expansion of digital tools in agriculture worldwide
- The uptake of digital agricultural tools and services around the world will be tracked by researchers from Wageningen University & Research. WUR... -
Plant calls the shots in pixel agriculture
- An undulating field of golden wheat, almost luminescent under the setting sun. Within hours, the same field has become a barren wasteland. All of the... -
AR glasses tell if gerbera can be harvested
- Walk into a greenhouse and let your glasses tell all about the plant you are currently looking at. It is possible with the correct application of... -
Teaching a robot to harvest tomatoes
- Harvest a pepper or a tomato. Or remove a leaf. Simple actions you would say. But programming a robot so that he (or she) can do it is almost... -
The hoeing machine hoees and counts the crop
- Modern hoeing machines know a lot about the field on which they are active. While weeding, they use camera techniques to detect not only the weeds,... -
Milking robot helps to breed trouble-free cows
- Fluctuations in milk yield measured by milking robots can be used to breed cows that can cope well with problems. Cows with less fluctuations are... -
5G network successfully tested in agricultural practice
- KPN’s high-speed 5G network has been successfully trialled at the Wageningen University & Research test site in Valthermond in a pilot... -
In the greenhouse? Put on your AR glasses
- Can Augmented Reality (AR) help with training harvesting staff in a greenhouse? Or can AR-glasses show whether the crop is healthy? Wageningen... -
Analyzing farmed fish: fast, objective and stress-free
- More and more fish is being farmed in controlled conditions. This also increases the need for knowledge about breeding conditions, animal health and... -
Join our challenge Autonomous greenhouses 2nd Edition: “Boost greenhouse vegetable production by artificial intelligence”
- We would like to invite computer scientists and horticultural experts to form multidisciplinary teams to both challenge themselves as well as the...
News 2018
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AI takes control in the greenhouse: Team Sonoma wins Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge
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Measuring the taste of a tomato with an iPhone
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Students present their UAV projects to Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management
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Sweet pepper harvesting robot project SWEEPER close to the finish line
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LEGO robots in action (video)
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SWEEPER demonstrated its harvesting robot for the first time
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SWEEPER consortium demonstrates its sweet pepper harvesting robot
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Teams for Autonomous Greenhouses Challenge chosen after Hackathon
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F&A Next 2018 focuses the lens on robotics and protein transition
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Monitoring growth, pests and diseases
News 2017 - 2016
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Intra-row weeding possible with vision systems
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Next milestone reached for Trimbot2020, the robot for autonomous trimming of your garden plants
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Deep Learning based Computer Vision
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Sweeper (Sweet pepper harvesting robot) tested in greenhouse Belgium
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Trimbot gets its cutting tools
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Drone reveals hidden plant-soil history effects on crops
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Brochure: "Be Smart!" How IT can boost your future and improve our world.
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MARVIN™ technology saves agriculture & horticulture time and money
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Will precision agriculture bring you food grown by drones, using swarm intelligence?
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New Sweet-pepper harvesting robot Sweeper ready for testing in commercial greenhouse
News 2015 - 2014
Examples of projects:
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agROBOfood: Towards a European network and effective adoption of robotics technologies
Starting June 2019, the 16 mln EU project agROBOfood builds the European ecosystem for the effective adoption of robotics technologies in the European... -
Autonomous Greenhouses 2nd Edition
Computer scientists and horticultural experts form multidisciplinary teams to challenge themselves as well as the state of the art in human operated... -
National Field Lab for Precision Farming
Precision farming is a management concept giving crops, livestock and the agro-ecological environment the right treatment at the right time, place and... -
High speed 3D Scanner
The availability of a skilled workforce for quality inspection in agri- and food industry is decreasing rapidly. Because of that, there is a growing... -
Husky - Self learning robots
Our research focusses on learning behaviour of robot systems and how to implement this in our future farming and food production systems. -
Smart Colour Inspector - agri food colour measurement instrument
Smart Colour Inspector is a precision instrument to objectively measure and analyse the colour of agri- and food products in all parts of the... -
Plantalyzer - tomato monitoring robot for harvesting forecast
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) works together with Hortikey on the realization of the Plantalyzer. The Plantalyzer automatically measures... -
SWEEPER, the sweet pepper harvesting robot
SWEEPER’s main objective is to put the first generation greenhouse harvesting robots onto the market. SWEEPER optimises the cultivation system... -
Cognitive Robots for Flexible Agro Food Technology (Flexcraft)
Robots that automatically harvest tomatoes or package biscuits in boxes of various sizes are now becoming a reality: Wageningen University &... -
National Smart Farming pilot project
Smart Farming and agri-robotics could play an important role in making the agriculture sector more sustainable, but only if farmers actually adopt the...