Flexible seed scanner goes to market in series

Added on 28 June 2023

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Flexible seed scanner goes to market in series

Instead of waiting several weeks, get insight into the germination capacity of seeds within a few days, and also save on labor. With their new seed scanner, Sendot has a great piece of automation to offer to breeding companies but also to plant breeders and growers who want to know what kind of seeds they have.

On Wednesday, May 24, the first installation was delivered to a Dutch plant grower. At the sensor manufacturer's headquarters in Houten, they expect this to be the go-ahead for many more installations made possible by serial production.

For the entire chain
Measuring germination capacity is not new. What is new is that Sendot has developed a scanner that is compact and, therefore, easy to use. Rather than a huge cabinet, it is a robot that can be carried around from greenhouse to greenhouse. "We assume that once companies get used to our technology, they will quickly purchase several scanners," says Bert van Tol and Arie Draaijer, CEO and CTO of Sendot.

"Indeed, what we want to achieve is to enable quality assurance throughout the chain," adds Commercial Manager Erwin Gräfe. Making sensors available to the entire chain, not just to science and laboratories, is what the company stands for. "That is why our products have to be low-threshold and easy to use."