Experts dish on the future of autonomous greenhouses

HortAmericas is hosting a webinar Sept. 10 that will dig deeper into the topic, including identifying research and development needs. Speakers include:

• Ken Tran, Chief Technology Officer at Koidra, who was a Principal Applied Scientist in the Machine Learning Group, Microsoft Research (MSR). While at MSR, he led the Sonoma team that won the 2018 Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge, becoming the only AI team that outperformed expert Dutch growers, with 17% higher net profit.
• Chieri Kubota, Professor at The Ohio State University, who focuses on controlled environment agriculture plant production systems.
• Chris Higgins, President and General Manager of HortAmericas, a wholesale supply company servicing all aspects of the commercial horticulture industries.

Learn more about the webinar here.

Source and Photo Courtesy of Greenhouse Grower
Photo: Microsoft Research's Kenneth Tran (second from left) led Team Sonoma, which won the first International Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge by successfully growing greenhouse cucumbers in the Netherlands for four months while operating remotely from Redmond, WA.

Source: Greenhouse Grower