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The laboratory specialises in multi-species analysis, including soft wheat, durum wheat, barley, corn, forage, triticale, sorghum, and feed ingredients like rapeseed and soy. With approximately 45 analysis methods, the lab handles 10,000 samples per year and performs 65,000 analyses across 1,000 m² of facilities, including 150 m² of cold storage. For over 10 years, it has maintained a comprehensive database of reference samples. Key areas of expertise include moisture, protein, starch, fat content, hardness, and soil composition.

The facility is designed for efficient and controlled grain storage and processing. It features 350 tonnes of storage capacity with ventilated bins and a silo thermometry system to ensure optimal temperature monitoring. The Sec-LIS® system controls 8 fans automatically to maintain ideal storage conditions, while 4 automatic samplers facilitate continuous quality checks. Two independent circuits with adjustable flow rates (up to 50 t/h) handle grain transport, and a dust extraction system reduces emissions.

There are experimental buildings with an area of 5,430 square meters that can accommodate about two hundred cows. There is a milking parlour with a six-point tandem type. The cows stand one behind the other, are milked, and move forward. The operator's access to the udder is lateral. Milking is much slower, as it allows fewer animals per shift, but the inspection of each cow is more thorough.

This infrastructure is supported by multi-layered connectivity, ranging from low-power networks to 5G, and an advanced data platform. At the core of its capabilities is a supercomputer with 192 cores and 12TB of memory, enabling massive data processing. The infrastructure also features a parallel computing cluster with 960 cores and an NVIDIA DGX2 server, offering 2 petaFLOPS of performance and 512 GB of GPU memory, ideal for handling complex AI models and large datasets.

The Animal Production Laboratory focuses on the use of NIRS for nondestructive testing of feed, meats, oils, and other agricultural products. It is involved in national and international research projects aimed at enhancing food integrity and traceability. NIRS enables rapid, efficient analysis, critical for ensuring product quality and safety throughout the food chain.

GRADIANT's 5G lab is an experimental hub for innovating and validating new technologies. It boasts a full-fledged cellular network, including Core Network, Radio Access protocols, and Edge computing. Through end-to-end virtualisation, it leverages general-purpose hardware and open-source software libraries to deploy various network and radio functions. Equipped with computing resources, SDR platforms, and high-bandwidth signal transmission elements, it serves as a versatile 5G base station and terminal.

GRADIANT's AI lab is a cutting-edge facility for developing and validating artificial intelligence solutions. It features a comprehensive infrastructure for AI experimentation, including high-performance computing clusters, specialised GPU arrays, and advanced model serving platforms. Through end-to-end MLOps integration, it leverages scalable computing resources and open-source frameworks for deploying various AI models and automation pipelines.

The spraytent (10x20 meters) is a facility for testing perception units typically used in automated or robotised machines, i.e. cameras, radars or lidars. The test equipment consists of a mounting rig (for the sensor units being tested), the water spray and the object used for the detection test. There is also a contrast board to measure and document the visibility through the water spray during the test. Both the water spray and the light intensity can be adjusted depending on the use case.

The main crop is silage maize and mash (26 hectares), followed by over 11 hectares of Medicago sativa; 11 hectares of Italian ryegrass and 4 hectares of triticale for silage are also sown on the farm. In this company, research is conducted to develop methods that allow the reduction of pesticides, the decrease in the use of fertilisers and herbicides, and the conservation of water and energy.

Additionally, there is a small herd of 16 Piedmontese cattle raised for meat. In this farm, there are also two advanced systems of robotic milking integrated with the online milk analysis system that allows continuous monitoring of parameters to assess the health status of the animal.