Phenobot: An Autodigital Modeling System for in situ Phenotyping in Horticulture

Accurate reconstruction of plant models for phenotyping analysis is critical for optimizing sustainable agricultural practices in precision agriculture. Traditional laboratory‐based phenotyping, while valuable, falls short of understanding how plants grow under uncontrolled conditions. Robotic techn...

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Main Authors: Kewei Hu, Yaoqiang Pan, Tianhao Liu, Hugh Zhou, Chao Chen, Hanwen Kang
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Published: Wiley 2025-06-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400665
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Yaoqiang Pan
Tianhao Liu
Hugh Zhou
Chao Chen
Hanwen Kang
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description Accurate reconstruction of plant models for phenotyping analysis is critical for optimizing sustainable agricultural practices in precision agriculture. Traditional laboratory‐based phenotyping, while valuable, falls short of understanding how plants grow under uncontrolled conditions. Robotic technologies offer a promising avenue for large‐scale, direct phenotyping in real‐world environments. This study explores the deployment of emerging robotics and digital technology in plant phenotyping to improve performance and efficiency. Three critical functional modules, environmental understanding, robotic motion planning, and in situ phenotyping, are introduced to automate the entire process. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of the system in agricultural environments. The phenorobot system autonomously collects high‐quality data by navigating around plants. In addition, the in situ modeling model reconstructs high‐quality plant models from the data collected by the robot. The developed robotic system shows high efficiency and robustness, demonstrating its potential to advance plant science in real‐world agricultural environments.
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spelling doaj-art-25db79cd852e4e9fa2b52e99b2521fcf2025-08-20T02:35:56ZengWileyAdvanced Intelligent Systems2640-45672025-06-0176n/an/a10.1002/aisy.202400665Phenobot: An Autodigital Modeling System for in situ Phenotyping in HorticultureKewei Hu0Yaoqiang Pan1Tianhao Liu2Hugh Zhou3Chao Chen4Hanwen Kang5Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Monash University Melbourne VIC 3800 AustraliaDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Monash University Melbourne VIC 3800 AustraliaDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Monash University Melbourne VIC 3800 AustraliaDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Monash University Melbourne VIC 3800 AustraliaDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Monash University Melbourne VIC 3800 AustraliaDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Monash University Melbourne VIC 3800 AustraliaAccurate reconstruction of plant models for phenotyping analysis is critical for optimizing sustainable agricultural practices in precision agriculture. Traditional laboratory‐based phenotyping, while valuable, falls short of understanding how plants grow under uncontrolled conditions. Robotic technologies offer a promising avenue for large‐scale, direct phenotyping in real‐world environments. This study explores the deployment of emerging robotics and digital technology in plant phenotyping to improve performance and efficiency. Three critical functional modules, environmental understanding, robotic motion planning, and in situ phenotyping, are introduced to automate the entire process. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of the system in agricultural environments. The phenorobot system autonomously collects high‐quality data by navigating around plants. In addition, the in situ modeling model reconstructs high‐quality plant models from the data collected by the robot. The developed robotic system shows high efficiency and robustness, demonstrating its potential to advance plant science in real‐world agricultural environments.https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400665navigationsneural radiance fieldplant phenotypingrobotics
spellingShingle Kewei Hu
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Phenobot: An Autodigital Modeling System for in situ Phenotyping in Horticulture
Advanced Intelligent Systems
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neural radiance field
plant phenotyping
robotics
title Phenobot: An Autodigital Modeling System for in situ Phenotyping in Horticulture
title_full Phenobot: An Autodigital Modeling System for in situ Phenotyping in Horticulture
title_fullStr Phenobot: An Autodigital Modeling System for in situ Phenotyping in Horticulture
title_full_unstemmed Phenobot: An Autodigital Modeling System for in situ Phenotyping in Horticulture
title_short Phenobot: An Autodigital Modeling System for in situ Phenotyping in Horticulture
title_sort phenobot an autodigital modeling system for in situ phenotyping in horticulture
topic navigations
neural radiance field
plant phenotyping
robotics
url https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400665
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