Provision of a virtual playground for robots

A photorealistic virtual greenhouse environment with infrastructure and ROS2 integration to test and validate AI detection algorithms or complete robotic systems. 

Interested in this service? Contact us at jos.ruizendaal[at]wur.nl 

Overview

The service consists of a photorealistic digital greenhouse environment, built in a game engine. 

The greenhouse is configurable to different sizes, light conditions (sun, supplementary lighting) or row spacing. In the greenhouse different crops can be placed to either test AI detection networks or complete robotic systems, as there is a ROS2 integration available. The environment is made in a way that physical properties of the objects have influence on other components or robot interactions. 

More about the service

Discover more about our service, including how it can benefit you, the delivery process, and the options for customisation tailored to your specific needs!

To train and test a detection network, a big annotated dataset with high variability is required. Using the virtual environment it is easy to create different circumstances to generate photorealistic synthetic data to train or test AI detection networks.
Additionally, by incorporating the customer's robot into the environment, it becomes possible to run unlimited test repetitions in the greenhouse—something that isn't feasible in real-life scenarios, where, for example, a specific fruit can only be harvested once.

The service operates in a fully digital environment, making it independent of any physical location.
The outcome of the tests are depending on customer requirements and therefore need to be discussed upfront. The outcome could consist of an annotated dataset, performance evaluation of an AI detection network or performance of a robot in the greenhouse.

The virtual testing environment consists of standard configurable elements.
Therefore, there are ample opportunities for costumers to design the environment according to the required situation.
As the environment does not include all robots by default, costumers' robot should be implemented if it is required to test interaction of the robots in the environment itself.
Location
Netherlands
Remote
Type of Sector
Greenhouse
Horticulture
Type of service
AI model training
Collection of test data
Data augmentation
Performance evaluation
Provision of datasets
Test design
Test setup
Test execution
Accepted type of products
Data
Software or AI model
Other

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