Smart Indoor Farming System

Accelerating the growth of the plants by developing optimal growth profiles

Our smart indoor farming system comprises AI-based and data driven systems which together generate optimized photosynthetic active-radiation lighting, watering and nutrient supply programmes for individual plant types. Adopting advanced sensing technologies, it allows real-time collection of plant growth and environmental data from users ranging from home users to large-scale farms. Growth profiles corresponding to different conditions are constructed and compared to give optimal sets of control parameters which are fed back to the system for enhancing plant growth performance. It can be set up in urban buildings for sustainable and stable supply of plant vegetables. Plants suitable for this cultivation platform include salad greens, potatoes, beets, herbs, etc.

Special Features and Advantages

Improvement of food safety by a fully automated process
Programmable photoperiod and light intensity with specific wavelengths to promote growth, e.g. shortens the growth cycle of Italian lettuce by about 50%
Optimal growth environment for different plant species using sensors and an automated control system
Provision of research platform for developing optimal growth profiles with automated data collection and analysis
Plant nutrient control using a computer controlled nutrient feeding technique
Reduction of water consumption by 95%

Applications

Indoor farming
Research platforms for building up plants’ optimal growth profiles

Awards & Patent

IFIA Best Invention Award - International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (Jun 2019)
Gold Medal with the Congratulations of the Jury - Silicon Valley International Invention Festival (Jun 2019)

Patent Application No.:

201910531726.0 (China)

Principal Investigator

Dr Ka Hong LOO

Department of Electronic and Information Engineering

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Smart Indoor Farming System

Accelerating the growth of the plants by developing optimal growth profiles