“Sky Walker” advances phenotyping in Southern Africa
A new affordable field-based phenotyping platform combining cutting edge aeronautics technology and image analysis was developed through collaboration between researchers from the University of Barcelona, Spain; Crop Breeding Institute, Zimbabwe; Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria, Peru; AirElectronics; and Sustainable Agricultural Institute of the High Research Council, Spain; the project was funded by MAIZE CRP.
The new platform uses ‘Sky Walker,’ an unmanned aerial vehicle with thermal and spectral cameras mounted under each wing. Its flight path and image capturing are controlled via a laptop using Google Earth images.
Photo credit: J.L. Araus, University of Barcelona/CIMMYT.
“Sky Walker” advances phenotyping in Southern Africa
A new affordable field-based phenotyping platform combining cutting edge aeronautics technology and image analysis was developed through collaboration between researchers from the University of Barcelona, Spain; Crop Breeding Institute, Zimbabwe; Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria, Peru; AirElectronics; and Sustainable Agricultural Institute of the High Research Council, Spain; the project was funded by MAIZE CRP.
The new platform uses ‘Sky Walker,’ an unmanned aerial vehicle with thermal and spectral cameras mounted under each wing. Its flight path and image capturing are controlled via a laptop using Google Earth images.
Photo credit: J.L. Araus, University of Barcelona/CIMMYT.