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ArticlePlant phenomics (Washington, D.C.)2025

Design and implementation of a high-throughput field phenotyping robot for acquiring multisensor data in wheat.

Miao Su, Dong Zhou, Yaze Yun, Bing Ding, Peng Xia, Xia Yao, Jun Ni, Yan Zhu, Weixing Cao

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Article in Plant phenomics (Washington, D.C.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Miao SuNational Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Crop System Analysis and Decision Making (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Engineering Research Center of Smart Agriculture (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Information Agriculture, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Dong ZhouNational Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Crop System Analysis and Decision Making (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Engineering Research Center of Smart Agriculture (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Information Agriculture, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Yaze YunNational Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Crop System Analysis and Decision Making (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Engineering Research Center of Smart Agriculture (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Information Agriculture, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Bing DingNational Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Crop System Analysis and Decision Making (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Engineering Research Center of Smart Agriculture (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Information Agriculture, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Peng XiaNational Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Crop System Analysis and Decision Making (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Engineering Research Center of Smart Agriculture (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Information Agriculture, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Xia YaoNational Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Crop System Analysis and Decision Making (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Engineering Research Center of Smart Agriculture (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Information Agriculture, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Jun NiNational Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Crop System Analysis and Decision Making (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Engineering Research Center of Smart Agriculture (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Information Agriculture, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Yan ZhuNational Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Crop System Analysis and Decision Making (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Engineering Research Center of Smart Agriculture (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Information Agriculture, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Weixing CaoNational Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Crop System Analysis and Decision Making (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Engineering Research Center of Smart Agriculture (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Information Agriculture, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ensuring food security has become a global challenge owing to climate change and population growth. High-throughput phenotyping can effectively drive crop genetic enhancement, which can potentially solve food crisis. Phenotyping robot is an essential part of crop ground phenotyping information monitoring, although there are challenges such as the inability to adjust the fixed track width, poor load capacity of the detection robotic arm, and inability to fuse information in real-time. This study reports a phenotyping robot with a gantry-style chassis featuring an adjustable wheeltrack (1400-1600 ​mm) to adapt to different row spacing arrangements and reduced damage, and function effectively in both dry field and paddy field environments. A six-degree-of-freedom sensor gimbal with high payload capacity is also developed to enable precise height (1016-2096 ​mm) and angle adjustments. Additionally, this study introduces an enhanced method for data acquisition from multiple imaging sensors through registration and fusion using Zhang's calibration and feature point extraction algorithm, calculating a homography matrix for high-throughput data collection at fixed positions and heights. The experimental validation results demonstrate that the RMSE of the registration algorithm does not exceed 3 pixels. The gimbal data strongly correlated with that of a handheld instrument data (r

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Adjustable wheel trackData fusionHigh load gimbal armPhenotyping robot

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PMID41415166
PMCPMC12709898

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