Can the sector do without the audience of around a hundred horticulturalists ? That was the question that Peter Jens , president of the day , immediately involve during day 1 of RoboCrops . He did not give an answer , but the tone was set for a day full of robot growing . Twelve companies were invite to pitch their innovations .
Click here for the complete photo report of the afternoon part of 24-hour interval 1 of RoboCrops .
RoboCrops is an initiative of InnovationQuarter , FME , Province of South - Holland , TU Delft , RoboHouse , Greenport West - Holland , and Robohouse Delft . The chopine point to accelerate the evolution of robotics in greenhouse gardening through matchmaking , noesis share-out , and event . The two - daylight RoboCrops event had been planned for some time , but after several VOID postponements , it in conclusion happened yesterday ( and today ) .
Dirk Aleven
Yesterday ’s afternoon programme consisted of keynote presentations by Dirk Aleven of FoodVentures and Peter Jens , also chairman of the mean solar day of Koppert .
Dirk explain how he catch the current horticultural market place and how FoodVentures direct to provide a future - proof answer to this with a model focused on run greenhouses . Dirk is amazed that growers now still pass about 90 % of their metre ascertain whether their crop are doing well . According to him , eighty percent of this metre can be save . With the right tools , the grower can see more and larger greenhouses at the same time . FoodVentures focalise explicitly on run nursery projects .
Peter Jens
After a exhilarating talk of the town by Peter , who expressed his preference for ' biological relativity ' in a account about DNA , it was metre for the pitches by twelve companies that were allowed to insert their design to the audience . There were many horticultural engineering science companies in the elbow room , as well as investor , but few growers . It is engaged at the moment with consequence , not everyone can entrust their greenhouse , but some of those present had hoped for a few more raiser . agriculturist had sometimes sent innovation managing director to Naaldwijk .
DiscussionAfter the pitch , there was clock time for treatment , both in the consultation and during a subsequent breakout . The question was invoke whether , when the fourth dimension amount for the golem to drive autonomously in the greenhouse , it will not become entire topsy-turvyness . Is there a pauperization for an air dealings restraint tower , just like at an airport , to keep everything on the ripe track ? Colinda de Beer of InnovationQuarter and member of the organization squad of RoboCrops indicated that this is already being considered .
Another vital doubtfulness was whether there was enough attention to how the grower should contend with the golem . Are n’t the growing for growers break too tight ? Sometimes it seems that robot are going to exchange multitude , but then we must not draw a blank that the same people still have to be able-bodied to make together with the automaton .
Finally , a third point from the audience to think about . Is there already a model that can be used to avow ' all the corking talk about robots ' ? In this respect , a model was meant that looks beyond just the confinement be that a robot can take out of the grower ’s helping hand . A robot should not only be faster ' than that tomato plant selector ' but also score well on all other points . Although the questioner doubted whether such a poser already exists , one of the robot party trust to him from the audience that this had also been study . It is even a ' crucial ' point for get robots ready for practice .
The course of study go on throughout the day . A second day is also schedule . The full program can be viewed here .
watch the photo write up of the afternoon program on day one here .
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