In the Hortivation Hub , greenhouse constructors and engineering company now exchange technical details on glasshouse construction in a single spoken communication . Stichting Hortivation created this hub last twelvemonth together with TNO . On 1 December , they will conjointly launch a Roadmap for the upcoming five age . The destination is to employ half a dozen ' tracks ' to cook greenhouses for next development . The vulgar language bet a all-important purpose in this ontogenesis , for example , toward self-directed and adaptive greenhouse . Meaning that greenhouse are mechanically controlled and adjust to various atmospheric condition , such as clime .
To achieve the goals of this roadmap , it ’s important to gain broad reenforcement amongst greenhouse constructor , technological suppliers , and ICT companies . " The time when Hortivation only represented nursery constructor rest far behind us , " say Egon Janssen , TNO ’s interpreter of greenhouse horticultural enquiry . The Senior Business Developer points out that digitalisation simplifies developing a datum - driven service together with mountain range partner .
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Digital description of the greenhouseA big aid was the Greenhouse Information System ( KIS ) , in which a unmarried language is used around greenhouse construction . " Since last yr , we made the move towards a odd usual language , and it is now time for that lyric to be adopted extensively . "
Rick Gitzels contributed to the development of KIS as a trainee within the HortiTech Innovation Traineeship of the TNO , AVAG , and HortiHeroes . " In KIS , one finds a list with specifications for nursery construction . See it as an extensive and elaborate inspection inclination . Based on this list , a constructor can discuss an entire projection with the cultivator , from the bigger video down to the detail . "
Rick Gitzels at GreenTech Amsterdam 2022
A big vantage of such communicating is that it ’s unambiguous and materialize on a exclusive platform . " reference with one builder through the earphone and another through a digital communication scheme is no longer necessary . " During the construction appendage , the list grows until all specifications are included . Egon : " It makes for a digital description of how the nursery is going to look and how it ’s put together . " This welfare from the Hortivation Point , which was introduced last year . " The locations of all greenhouse part are related to this reference point in the glasshouse . That prevents misunderstandings as well . "
Encouraging using a single languageCurrently , the greenhouse constructor often does have a similar blueprint , but when the glasshouse is finished , this mark normally disappears into an archive . Egon : " For the cultivator himself , who employed the building , the blueprint often becomes unavailable . The agriculturist knows the basics , of course , such as the property , but by all odds not all details . " Rick add : " Growers but also investors indicate that they would opt approach to such encompassing information . Thanks to KIS , the communicating surrounding mental synthesis will be more efficient , leading to the accessibility of one clean digital dataset upon completion . The agriculturist can , for example , employ this to supply relevant parties with accurate information with regards to their services . That way , those parties get used to the KIS speech communication as well . "
The latter is hold important at TNO , which celebrates its ninetieth anniversary this year . Looking at the future of greenhouses , they strongly believe that a singular language is crucial . " Not only to reduce mistakes , and therefore reduce delays and probe as well , but also to make carry out novel techniques in greenhouses easygoing , " Rick remarks .
Egon Janssen
Language for harvesting roboticsIn 2023 , TNO and Hortivation are live on to expand the common terminology with harvesting robotics , crop , and sorting machinery . Egon : " To do so , it ’s necessary to add the specific for plants in the same way as for applied science . This plan has also been include in our roadmap . Robots cultivate similarly to computers . They do n’t see the context where human do . That makes unvarying terminology important . In current greenhouse building , you see different definitions of ' thermionic valve lowering , ' for example . "
A rum terminology makes it potential to have multiple robots in a glasshouse collaborate . It sound more complicated than it is , according to Ego , who does n’t want to exaggerate the difficulty of using a single voice communication . " But it does need to pass . Renumbering charts are no longer necessary when using KIS . "
SafetyAnother vantage of KIS is safety , as Rick target out . " rightfield management , authentication , and translation management receive the most attention in KIS . datum communion needs to be good . With KIS , all information is stored centrally in a single server , which is well-fixed to protect than hundreds of wandering e - mails . One of the grounds that construction parties pick out to work with KIS is to get disembarrass of all those pieces of data on each party ’s personal host . Working with a single , central and well - protect server considerably limit the risk of infection . "
For more data : Egon JanssenTNO+31 ( 0)6 53 46 76 64[email protected]www.tno.nl
Stichting Hortivation[email protected]www.hortivation.nl
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