Patent classifications
A01G7/02
Efficient selection of experiments for enhancing performance in controlled environment agriculture
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining treatments to apply to plants within control volumes having controlled agricultural environments. Each treatment comprises application of a set of setpoints, choosing a reproduction operation for the treatment, and selecting one or more previous sets from setpoints from one or more previously applied treatments, for use with the chosen reproduction operation.
Efficient selection of experiments for enhancing performance in controlled environment agriculture
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining treatments to apply to plants within control volumes having controlled agricultural environments. Each treatment comprises application of a set of setpoints, choosing a reproduction operation for the treatment, and selecting one or more previous sets from setpoints from one or more previously applied treatments, for use with the chosen reproduction operation.
Bioreactor And Method For Culturing Seaweed
A bioreactor includes a first compartment designed to retain seaweed sporophytes, a second compartment in fluid communication with the first compartment that includes one or more settlement surfaces, and a first porous barrier between the first and second compartments that allows the seaweed spores to pass from the first compartment to the second compartment, and systems comprising the bioreactor. Also provided herein are methods of culturing seaweed, for example, using a bioreactor provided herein.
Bioreactor And Method For Culturing Seaweed
A bioreactor includes a first compartment designed to retain seaweed sporophytes, a second compartment in fluid communication with the first compartment that includes one or more settlement surfaces, and a first porous barrier between the first and second compartments that allows the seaweed spores to pass from the first compartment to the second compartment, and systems comprising the bioreactor. Also provided herein are methods of culturing seaweed, for example, using a bioreactor provided herein.
GROW SYSTEM
A grow system. The system includes growing plants in grow modules that are individually moveable. The plants grow in trays where roots never touch the water supply. The plumbing to the grow modules is a low flow, one way flow continual drip system that is hands free. A mobile robot can navigate around a growspace, bring any grow module from one location to another, and perform growspace operations. The growspace is a control space with data source zones and a control space manager. The control space manager can collect data and control different variables across different data source zones in order to determine optimal policies and conditions for data source growth and generation.
GROW SYSTEM
A grow system. The system includes growing plants in grow modules that are individually moveable. The plants grow in trays where roots never touch the water supply. The plumbing to the grow modules is a low flow, one way flow continual drip system that is hands free. A mobile robot can navigate around a growspace, bring any grow module from one location to another, and perform growspace operations. The growspace is a control space with data source zones and a control space manager. The control space manager can collect data and control different variables across different data source zones in order to determine optimal policies and conditions for data source growth and generation.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPEN MICRO-ENVIRONMENT PLANT HEALTH SENSING
An open micro-environment plant health sensing method includes placing a plurality of sensors in a configurable plant growing base for growing plants, collecting data representing one or more environmental parameters of the plants by the plurality of sensors continuously in real-time, communicating the collected data representing the one or more environmental parameters of the plants through a sensor network mediated by gateways, applying the data representing the one or more environmental parameters to a trained artificial intelligence (AI) engine for correlating micro-environment changes to the plants with one or more plant health parameters, and predicting the one or more plant health parameters for monitoring plant health by the trained AI engine.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPEN MICRO-ENVIRONMENT PLANT HEALTH SENSING
An open micro-environment plant health sensing method includes placing a plurality of sensors in a configurable plant growing base for growing plants, collecting data representing one or more environmental parameters of the plants by the plurality of sensors continuously in real-time, communicating the collected data representing the one or more environmental parameters of the plants through a sensor network mediated by gateways, applying the data representing the one or more environmental parameters to a trained artificial intelligence (AI) engine for correlating micro-environment changes to the plants with one or more plant health parameters, and predicting the one or more plant health parameters for monitoring plant health by the trained AI engine.
VENTILATION AND LIGHTING DEVICE
An apparatus for use in indoor agriculture is provided, the apparatus comprising a plurality of elongate supports connected to at least one common manifold. Each elongate support within the plurality of elongate supports comprising: a main body having a first side; at least one inlet in fluid communication with the at least one common manifold; a plurality of outlets; and a channel within and extending along substantially the length of the main body between the at least one inlet and the plurality of outlets. The at least one common manifold is configured to allow gas to flow into the at least one inlets of the plurality of elongate supports, wherein the apparatus is configured such that during use, gas may flow from the common manifold to the at least one inlet of each elongate support within the plurality of elongate supports, through the channel of each elongate support and out of the plurality of outlets of each elongate support, such that a uniform flow of gas is provided adjacent the first side of the main body during use.
VENTILATION AND LIGHTING DEVICE
An apparatus for use in indoor agriculture is provided, the apparatus comprising a plurality of elongate supports connected to at least one common manifold. Each elongate support within the plurality of elongate supports comprising: a main body having a first side; at least one inlet in fluid communication with the at least one common manifold; a plurality of outlets; and a channel within and extending along substantially the length of the main body between the at least one inlet and the plurality of outlets. The at least one common manifold is configured to allow gas to flow into the at least one inlets of the plurality of elongate supports, wherein the apparatus is configured such that during use, gas may flow from the common manifold to the at least one inlet of each elongate support within the plurality of elongate supports, through the channel of each elongate support and out of the plurality of outlets of each elongate support, such that a uniform flow of gas is provided adjacent the first side of the main body during use.