The Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge Hackathon event will take place on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 June . This event , organized by Wageningen University & Research ( WUR ) and Tencent , will be hold both on situation in Bleiswijk ( the Netherlands ) and online , making it approachable to a global audience .
About the ChallengeFrom September to December 2024 , five international teams will have a greenhouse compartment at the locating of Wageningen University & Research in Bleiswijk . These team , from Asia , Europe and North America , are tasked to autonomously get a gnome love apple crop . The goal is to attain high yields and quality with most sustainable use of imagination , such as energy . The winning squad will be announced in early January 2025 .
Of the 23 registered team from all over the world , the expert five were select through an Online Challenge that took place on May 31 . During the Hackathon on June 6 and 7 , participating teams can garner spare point .
practical refinement of gnome tomatoesIn the Online Challenge , team had to notice midget tomato plants using computer visual modality and get practical gnome tomato in a simulated nursery environs provided by WUR . During the Hackathon , teams are given 5 minute to complete an additional task . Each squad will also present their successful approach to the jury and explicate why they should go to the top five team . The winner will be harbinger during the Hackathon . The five team with the high accumulative point will grow existent dwarf tomatoes in their own greenhouse compartment in Bleiswijk fully autonomously this fall .
Hybrid EventThe Hackathon event will be held in a intercrossed format , allow for both forcible and practical participation . This also entail that you could comply the event online anywhere in the mankind . Watch the upshot here .
Various participantsMore than 200 participants from 24 different nationality are taking part in the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge . They include professionals from the horticultural sphere , start - ups , large companies and countless BSc , MSc and PhD student and researcher from various universities . The teams bestow together expertise in both gardening and artificial intelligence .
bring to innovationBy promoting foundation and coaction between international expert , the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge aims to ameliorate the efficiency and sustainability of greenhouse polish . The event offers a unique chance to learn more about advance techniques in gardening and hokey intelligence operation , and how these are applied to make food product more sustainable . Do n’t miss this chance to research the boundaries of agrarian technology and see how the future of food output is taking shape .
Hackathon programThursday 6 June , 10:00 - 11:30 CET , Opening seminar ( public broadcast via our YouTube channel ):
closure remark ( Silke Hemming , moderator )
Friday 7 June , 12:00 - 14:00 CET :
The pre - challenge has ended , there is tiffin together , the opportunity to demand the teams about their experiences .
Friday 7 June , 14:00 - 15:30 CET , Winning ceremony ( public broadcast )
Source : wur.nl
