Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen University & ResearchThe mission of Wageningen University & Research is "To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life". Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,200 employees (6,400 fte) and 13,200 students and over 150.000 participants to WUR's Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.
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Greenhouse Horticulture business unitWageningen University & Research, Greenhouse Horticulture business unit, is the leading international contract research institute for greenhouse horticulture. We focus on innovations in the greenhouse horticulture sector. Together with industry, science and government, questions about greenhouse design, crop management and cultivation are analyzed and translated into application-oriented research and innovation processes.
The Greenhouse Horticulture business unit has more than 160 employees and various research teams:
- Crop health, water and soil
- Crop physiology
- Crop management and quality
- Greenhouse Technology
In the Netherlands and various regions in the world, research is carried out into sustainable production systems for greenhouses and indoor farming systems. Experts in crop physiology, crop protection, greenhouse climate, water, energy, modelling, data science, computer vision, sensors and robotics work together in multidisciplinary projects. They do this together with experts from science and business. For more information, visit
www.greenhousehorticulture.wur.nl.
Programme Agro Food RoboticsIn the field of Agro Food Robotics research and development, Wageningen University & Research is worldwide the most experienced and innovative organisation More than 40 engineers and researchers work together with academic and industrial partners on new systems in the area of automation, computer vision, sensing, AI and robotics for agri and food.
We design agricultural automation and robotic systems for open field, indoor horticulture, livestock, fisheries, fresh chains and food, together with many experts on these application fields within Wageningen. The research topics are:
- Tools and sensors that enable precision farming
- Robotic harvesting and crop manipulation
- Machine vision based tools for phenotyping and quality assessment (2D, 3D, motion tracking including the spectral range from X-ray, colour and TerraHz)
For further information about, take a look at http://www.wur.nl/en/Research-Results/Projects-and-programmes/Agro-Food-Robotics.htm
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