WheatScan: Tractor-mount sensing for precision application of Nitrogen and control of milling wheat protein content.

该项目将用于碾磨小麦的快速蛋白质分析的农学研究与光子传感器、图像识别和机电系统的工程相结合。最终目标是提供一个拖拉机安装的扫描单元，用于自动绘制整个麦田的蛋白质含量地图，在全田施氮速度(17公里/小时)下达到优于2平方米的空间分辨率，以便精确施氮(N)。N是碾磨小麦生产中的主要投入成本和80%的碳足迹，但在4个案例中有3个被过度使用。该系统将使种植者能够动态绘制出作物冠层中的蛋白质分布图，使所有地区的蛋白质含量都达到13%的门槛。塞恩斯伯里由500名种植者组成的“卡姆格伦联盟”将成为这种可改装系统的早期采用者，该系统将融合高速红外光子学的新兴技术，通过快速嵌入式图像处理在微型机器人万向节上进行操纵。

The project brings together agronomy research, on rapid protein assays for milling wheat, with engineering of photonic sensors, image recognition & mechatronic systems. The ultimate goal is to deliver a tractor-mount scanning unit for autonomous mapping of protein content across wheat fields, to a spatial resolution better than 2 square metres at full field application speeds (17km/hr) for precision application of nitrogen (N). N is the primary input cost and 80% of the carbon footprint, in milling wheat production, however it is over applied in 3 out of 4 cases. This system will enable growers to dynamically map protein distribution in the crop canopy so that all areas attain the threshold 13% protein content. The Sainsbury's 'Camgrain Consortium' of 500 growers will act as early adopters for the retrofittable system, which will incorporate emerging technologies in high-speed infrared photonics, steered on a miniature robotic gimbal through rapid embedded image processing.