Competences

The Smart Farming Centre has a number of competences and facilities available for research activities within smart farming.

Infrastructure and research facilities

Automation and mechatronic laboratory
CTF (Controlled Traffic Farming) platform including on-line data logging equipment and telematics
Livestock facilities
Climate laboratory
Large areas for field experiments on rotation and tillage interactions and soil compaction
Semi-field facility with soil bins (three soil types)
Soil physics and chemistry laboratory
Automation Laboratory
Hortibot Robotic platform
Automatic field monitoring platform
Livestock and field experimental facilities
CTF (Controlled Traffic Farming) platform
LEGO Mindstorms NXT micro-tractor platforms
Indoor GPS (iGPS) Nikon Metrology, NV Europe
Commercial optimisation and simulation packages (CPLEX, TomLab, ExtentSIM)
Wireless Sensor network system for field monitoring
Telematics system
State of the art measuring system on plant level (e.g. fluorescence imaging, LED light sources)