OVERVIEW
The Gardin Platform is a cloud-based crop intelligence system with high-tech optical sensors. Gardin measures plant physiology in real time using chlorophyll fluorescence, generating performance alerts and growth insights days before other technologies.
Chlorophyll fluorescence is a powerful technique to measure the health and performance of plants, but its use was previously limited to research laboratories due to the cost and size of the sensors. Gardin has developed a scalable, commercial sensor that can be used to measure production environments.
Growers can adjust the environment to the precise needs of the plants throughout the growth cycle to increase yield, reduce crop variability and lower costs.
BRIEF
The scope was to design a weather-sealed housing to enable the Gardin sensors to orient repeatedly and reliably for measuring to a high degree of accuracy from a distance. Our responsibilities began from the initial concept designs/sketches and led all the way to production release data, marketing assets, ongoing post-production support and product certification.
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Trial setups across a variety of environments
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Early development sketches
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SubD-modelling for early volume exploration
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Surface quality, draft and interference checking in CAD
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Render visualisation
