Tech team
New findings supporting the green transition in agriculture is in high demand, and so is the need for the new technology. That is why the Plant Facilities and Workshops put together a tech team specialising in data management software, drones and even agricultural robotics.
Researchers can hire the team for services such as field campaigns and measurement, programming and repairs, developing concepts, and technical project management.
The tech team has collected this expertise under one roof at PFW to make sure that the relevant technologies become more accessible as a service to researchers. For now, the team mainly operates drones and sensors for proximal and remote sensing. This summer also saw the latest addition to the family, the agriculture robot ROBOTTI, developed by the Danish company Agrointelli.
Find out here how you can hire the tech team for your next research project.
- Dronemapping using various cameras including data extraction (GIS) and visualization.
- Satellite imagery analysis including QC, data extraction and visualization.
- Thistle Tool for purposes such as detection of weed colonies in mature cereals. Read here
- PlotCut3 for advanced data extraction in orthomosaics of plot-based experiments (public access in 2023).
- Robotti: Automated field robot
- Drones (from DJI: Mavic 2 pro & Enterprise Advanced (thermal and RGB), Mavic 3 Multispectral (and RGB), Phantom 4 (standard, RTK, multispectral), Matrice 210 RTK, Inspire 1, Avata
- Skye Instruments:
- Line Quantum Sensor and Logger
- Spectrosense 2 plus for NDVI
- Specim IQ hyperspectral camera
- EMLID Reach RS2
- Licor LI600
- Proximal
- Remote (UAV and satellite)
- UAV, drones:
- Simple overview images of your trial
- Specific vegetative indices and/or unit (emergence, heads) count of your trial
- PhenoLab data management and analysis
- VideometerLab acquisition and analysis (in cooperation with Christian Andreasen from section Crop Sciences)
The Tech team is involved in several big project as either project managers and service providers. In parallel the Tech team solves a range of ad hos tasks for various research projects.
Here are some of the major research projects that the Tech team has been and still are involved in
RootAccess
The construction of a new and novel root screening facility for dynamic studies of roots down to 3 meters depth. A facility that allow for maximum access into the soil matrix via an inspection tunnel. The platform manager and project management is hosted by the tech team. This includes
- Construction of the facility
- Acquisition and test of equipment
- Installation and integration of equipment
- Design of data management platform
- Test of facility until project ends in summer 2026
The MATRIX
6P3
One Crop Health
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- Image analysis
- Sensor setup
- Drone imaging:
- Acquisitions: DJI Go og Pilot og GSD Pro, Pix4Dcapture, MicaSense Atlas, DroneBlocks
- Orthomosaic and point cloud creation: Pix4Dmapper, Agisoft Metashape, Solvi, Pix4fields
- Other software knowledge:
- GIS: QGIS, ArcGIS
- MATLAB: Some basic scripting of analysis and workflows (more advanced MATALB services require specific arrangements)
- VideometerLab: Image extraction and analysis of trials from our PhenoLab and the standard VideometerLab hardware.
- Mergin Maps: Digital gathering of field trial information that can go directly to a GIS platform.
- Field measurements using RTK equipment (cm precision)
- Robotti: Our automated field robot, incl. mission planning and execution.
- Plant Physiology: Proximal sensing with our (Licor LI600) or your equipment.
- Practical trial planning and execution
- Hyperspectral imaging: Using the Specim IQ camera (204 bands, from 400 to 1000nm)
- Data management:
- Using ERDA incl. folder rigts, user groups.
- Synchronizing to misc. UCPH platforms (ERDA, I and N drives) and other servers
- Agrointelli
- Agrolab
- Agrirobot
- Chr. Hansen
- Dronevolt/Dandrone
- Faunaphotonics
- Flex Fertilizer & Dangødning
- ProInvent
- Videometer
Staff
| Jesper Svensgaard Team leader, Phd in agronomy |
Project management, agronomy, digital agriculture, drones, image analysis, GIS, teaching, platform manager on “RootAccess” |
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| Saiful Azim Msc in remote sensing and GIS |
Satellite and drone imagery, GIS, eCognition, drones, image analysis, photogrammetry, field sensors |
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| Jesper Cairo Westergaard Msc in agronomy |
Project management, drones, data management, PhenoLab & VideometerLab, image analysis, GIS, teaching, system integration |
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| Federico Calamita Msc in agronomy |
Remote- and proximal sensing, agronomy, drones, plant pathogens in orchards |
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