Wageningen University & Research
The mission of
Wageningen University & Research is "To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life". Within Wageningen University & Research, nine specialised research institutes from the Wageningen Research Foundation and Wageningen University have joined forces to help answer the most important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment.
With approximately 30 locations, 5,000 employees, and 10,000 students, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain worldwide. An integrated approach to problems and the cooperation between various disciplines are at the heart of the unique approach of Wageningen.
For further information about working at Wageningen University & Research, take a look at
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Wageningen University & Research, business unit
Greenhouse Horticulture, is the internationally leading contract research institute for greenhouse horticulture. We focus on innovations in the greenhouse horticulture sector. Together with industry, science and government, questions on greenhouse design, crop management and cultivation are analyzed and translated into application-oriented research and innovation processes. The business unit Greenhouse Horticulture has about 80 employees and three research teams:
- Crop health, water and growing medium
- Crop physiology and management
- Greenhouse Technology
The function described here is part of the Greenhouse Technology research team.
Programme Agro Food RoboticsThe Agro Food Robotics programme is a new programme within Wageningen with focus on Agro Food Robotics expertise, a joint proposition and collaboration of different research groups within WUR. It covers computer vision and robotics research in the chain from breeding, via primary production and post-harvest to supply networks with primary focus on the plant chain. Aim is to grow, strengthen and connect Agro Food Robotics further within Wageningen.
The research topics are:
- Precision farming (computer vision and robotics parts thereof)
- Robotic harvesting
- Non-destructive measurements
- Automated quality assessment
- Automated vision guided phenotyping
- 3D reconstruction & hyperspectral imaging
- Quality phenomics (computer vision and robotics parts thereof)
For further information about working at WUR, take a look at
www.wur.nl/ and
www.wur.nl/en/Research-Results/Projects-and-programmes/Agro-Food-Robotics.htm