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How artificial intelligence grows better tomatoes

The TU Delft Automatoes team won last year’s Autonomous Greenhouse competition in which engineers competed against growers for the best cherry tomatoes. This is how they won.

A modern greenhouse is stocked with sensors and needs advanced automation to produce optimally. (Video still TU Delft TV)

The world-wide demand for food is increasing and many experts agree that greenhouses are the most efficient way of producing food because their climate can be controlled. However, there will initially be a lack of experienced growers to get the optimal results from the greenhouses. That’s where artificial intelligence comes is.


  • Watch the short TU Delft TV documentary on the Automatoes team: