Smart sensors will help feed growin... - Information Centre - Research & Innovation - European Commission

Smart sensors will help feed growin... - Information Centre - Research & Innovation - European Commission
Sensors disguised as pebbles
The project’s innovative farm-based sensors are designed to gather as much information as possible. They include sensors mounted on robots that automatically travel around the farm, sensors attached to animals and plants, hand-held sensors and sensors like pebbles that are scattered on a field. They are capable of tracking factors such as soil moisture levels, monitoring plant health and detecting animal disease such as cow mastitis.Project scientists are also gathering even more data from remote sensors using satellite imaging, drones and thermal and hyperspectral cameras. ‘We want to know everything there is to know about a plant, from the air, soil and water that sustains it, to the process of photosynthesis that goes on inside the plant,’ says Bengin....