Many are interested in exporing options for digitizing the phenotyping efforts. The conversion of manual phenotyping practices in automated workflows could lead to a chicken-and-egg dilemma. Phenotyping equipment is needed to develop and validate the application, but budget for acquiring technology hinges on a proven business case.
Having the ability to, affordable and simple, evaluate the feasibility of phenotyping digitization is an often returning request.
PhenoKey has recognized this need and can offer multiple solutions for this.
A highly practical tool is the TopView multispectral unit. This compact and mobile device can be used for a multitude of applications, and is a proven test bed for rapid prototyping of phenotyping applications.
The unit collects multispectral image data, and has an onboard pipeline for the automated analysis of images.
Plants are automatically segmented using chlorophyll fluorescence.
The outputs contain segmented image data and data-outputs containing hundreds of datapoints per identified plant, including morphology, colour and spectral indices (NDVI).
Applications that it has been successfully used for:
- Germination measurements
- Seed/ Plant counting
- Radicle emergence
- Efficacy testing
- Disease quantification
- Leaf counting Arabidopsis
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The TopView multispectal unit is developped is cooperation with Aris. Aris has a long track record in imaging solutions for natural products such as plants, meat and fish.
The majority of PhenoKey clients is active in the commercial domain. For these clients our automation solutions perform business sensitive tasks.
Therefore it's PhenoKey policy to not disclose specific information about projects and clients for commercial applications.
Our strategic consultancy efforts are focussed on vision development and roadmapping with respect to digital transformation and process automation.
We can assist to translate high level objectives in pragmatic and realistic roadmaps to achieve the objectives in the most efficient manner.
Frequently clients would like to automate a process for which no pre-existing solutions are available. Making overall technical or budgetary feasibility unclear.
In these scenarios a useful first step is a feasibility study. These are meant to identify potential solutions based on the process requirements. These solutions can then be evaluated to confirm overall feasibility.
PhenoKey has much experience with different applications and a broad knowledge of available technologies. We can partner up to identify the best fitting solutions, and coordinate the needed validation tests.
PhenoKey can also support you in business cases and budgeting.
Our independent design consultancy services are focused on the functional and technical designs for planned investments. Typically these services are executed in tight collaboration with the various internal stakeholders. This not only improves the output quality, it also strengthens the essential internal support base.
Our experience helps to design the optimal solutions and reducing the risks of the final integration.
PhenoKey's turn-key project execution services provide valuable feedback in the continuous improvement process for perfecting our design consultancy skills.
Managing the integration of multi vendor systems is challenging, especially when this is not part of your organizations core business.
PhenoKey unburdens its clients organization by taking on turn-key responsibility as main contractor for complete system integration. This approach significantly reduces the risks and impact on the clients organizations whilst PhenoKey's experience further helps to improve the overall system quality.
Subsystem contractors appreciate the PhenoKey turnkey approach because of the hands-on experience in implementing similar systems.
System integration is critical when implementing complex systems that consist of multiple subsystems. Process and data integrity can only be achieved by seamless integration.
PhenoKey integration services focus on seamless integration of subsystems from various manufacturers. PhenoKey experts take a coordinating role to ensure that both the physical and digital integration are robust and succesfull.
A major change when automating a process is the increased dependability on technology. Managing maintenance and quick resolvement of issues is critical to minimize the process disruptions and optimize the running costs.
PhenoKey can also coordinate all maintenance and support activities for the implemented systems. This reduces the load on the clients organization, and optimizes the process of root cause analysis and error mitigation.