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Evaluation of AI performance based on mixed testing environments
Laboratoire National de Meterologie et d'Essais (LNE)
Location
France
Remote
Arable farming
Food processing
Greenhouse
Horticulture
Livestock farming
Tree Crops
Viticulture

By having your AI system tested by the LNE, you ensure it meets the highest standards of safety and performance, boosting your product’s reliability and trustworthiness in the market. Partnering with the LNE for rigorous testing of your AI technologies and a detailed evaluation report used for demonstrating performance enhances credibility and opens doors to new market opportunities both locally and globally. This service proposes to assess a range of agricultural devices (with respect to the physical constraints of the testing bench) integrating AI, particularly those utilising vision processing, within our advanced hybrid testing environment. Our novel hybrid testing facility consists of placing devices in the heart of a simulation projected onto a 300° screen while a motion capture system and instrumented conveyor belt measure its movements, if any. These data are continuously sent to the simulator in real time so that the device's digital twin follows the same movements and the projected environment is updated accordingly. The simulator also incorporates a physics engine and advanced sensor models, enabling a virtual sensor output to be substituted for the sensors in real time in the cases where devices require specific data and/or if the assessment is orientated toward a special kind of sensor degradation. Typical agricultural products evaluated include mobile robots for autonomous weeding or harvesting that use visual navigation (based on 2D cameras) and intelligent cameras (with AI functionalities) for crop health monitoring or livestock tracking. Other sensors commonly used in agriculture, such as 3D cameras for yield estimation, GPS for autonomous vehicle control, Lidar for terrain mapping, and sonar for obstacle detection, are also supported through data injection from the simulator.

Performance evaluation
Test design
Test execution
Test setup
Evaluation of the energy efficiency of the embedded hardware associated with the AI functionality
Laboratoire National de Meterologie et d'Essais (LNE)
Location
France
Arable farming
Food processing
Greenhouse
Horticulture
Livestock farming
Tree Crops
Viticulture

By having your AI or robotic system tested by LNE, you ensure it meets the highest standards of safety and performance, boosting your product’s reliability and trustworthiness in the market. Partnering with LNE for rigorous testing of your robotic and AI technologies gives you a competitive edge and trusted third-party assessment that enhances your product credibility and opens doors to new market opportunities both locally and globally. This service provides testing of devices with AI-integrated control systems, focusing on energy efficiency and consumption during the product life cycle. By simulating a wide range of scenarios, we provide detailed insights into the energy performance of these AI systems with regard to their expected operational environment. These tests can be conducted under different conditions, either in a completely simulated way, through a hybrid test bench where the actual physical device is assessed within a simulated environment, or using physical infrastructures based on the device's operational environment to test it in a 'real' setting. Tests are conducted under controlled laboratory conditions, ensuring optimal reproducibility and repeatability, providing reliable insights into the system's efficiency and safety-critical functionalities. Typical assessments may cover the energy efficiency of SLAM, various types of end effectors, and other relevant components such as sensors, motors or AI software. This rigorous testing process helps identify potential areas for improvement, enabling companies to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of their products, ultimately leading to cost savings and reduced environmental impact.

Performance evaluation
Test design
Test execution
Test setup