The Plantiverse project has participated in several significant events and established collaborations with reputable institutions, which play a crucial role in our technological development, research validation, and outreach efforts.
Building on the partnership with FAO - Mountain Partnership Secretariat, Plantiverse participated in a workshop titled “Agrobiodiversity and innovation” on November 22nd, 2023, at the Expo 2023. The workshop focused on showcasing innovative initiatives that center on agrobiodiversity, addressing food insecurity, and exploring artificial intelligence applications to optimize farming practices in densely populated areas and regions with limited soil resources.
We are proud to share our experience at the prestigious World Summit AI in Amsterdam 07/23, an opportunity made possible by a grant from the European BonsAPPs program. This participation marks a significant milestone in our journey as a GreenTech startup dedicated to transforming agricultural practices through smart, plant-driven technology. The World Summit AI is an annual event that brings together the brightest minds in artificial intelligence to share, inspire, and shape the future. During the summit, we showcased how Plantiverse leverages advanced AI to enhance sustainable agriculture, demonstrating our commitment to innovation and ecological stewardship.
After receiving MyEuspace "best prototype" award, we were invited at CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days 2023 in Prague, a joint effort by EUSPA and the European Commission to brings together entrepreneurs, investors, accelerators to have dynamic discussions and offer innovative perspectives on EU SpaceEven though the space was the focus of the event, we demonstrated how the satellite data provided by Copernicus and Galileo project can be incorporated in our patented methods and systems and used in a “terrestrial” context to dynamically monitor and optimize automation actions based on the vegetative states of plants and the surrounding environment.
The "PLANTIVERSE" project, co-funded by "ICSC – National Research Center for High-Performance Computing, Big Data, and Quantum Computing", has developed an innovative plant monitoring system based on intelligent multispectral devices, artificial intelligence algorithms, and connected sensors. Through light reflection, plants become protagonists of their own growth process, autonomously activating notifications and agronomic management actions.
- Analyze plant health (stress, pests, imbalances);
- Process multispectral images from visible and NIR cameras (450–940 nm);
- Send automatic signals to agronomists and environmental managers;
- Support resource optimization in greenhouses, urban gardens, and premium vineyards.
1- Rome Botanical Garden
2- Greenhouses of Sapienza University of Rome
3- Urban garden in Via del Casale Giuliani (where it was necessary to remove a large Cedrus libani tree and revise the spatial planning). *Multispectral data collection was carried out both during the day and at night, testing the capabilities of the new Ecomotica 2.2 devices.
- Development and testing of new prototypes of multispectral cameras with filter-free illuminators.
- Software dashboard for automatic and interactive analysis of images and vegetation indices.
- Early detection of vegetative stress, pest attacks, and water imbalances.
- Automatic sending of alerts in critical scenarios, integrable with AI/IoT modules.
- Over 60,000 images processed for model training, classification, and validation.
The project has led to the filing of new patents, the European extension of the Plantiverse platform, and the launch of collaborations with scientific and technological partners. Some of the software modules have been published on dedicated repositories, with the aim of making vegetative automation logic replicable.
Progetto cofinanziato dalla Fondazione ICSC – Centro Nazionale di Ricerca in HPC, Big Data e Quantum Computing, nell’ambito del programma I4S per startup innovative.
