molto@ivia.es

molto@ivia.es
Centro de AgroIngenier
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA)

Organisation type: 
Research organisations
Country: 
Spain
Description: 

Expertise: Real-time control of processes involving many kind of sensors, including machine vision and spectroscopy. Multivariable data analysis, data mining.
Examples: Robotics in outdoor conditions, automatic inspection of fruit and vegetables using machine vision, spraying machinery, greenhouse control.

Facility: -Laboratory of electronics: we are able to build our own electronic boards and sensors
-Laboratory of image analysis: we have different imaging and spectroscopy devices in the UV, visible and NIR range. We develope our own image analysis and control software
-Close link to the agricultural sector in Spain, including not only farmers but also machinery manufacturers

Priority: robotic harvesting of fruit and vegetables; automatic, non-destructive inspection of fruit quality; automatic control of environmental parameters in greenhouses and animal housing