The term ' digital quality examiner ' has become wide known in the fresh garden truck sector since its introduction . GearVision , as the political machine developed by Gearbox Innovations is officially called , is finding a station in the review and processing area at an increase figure of growers , stock breeder and trading companies .

In addition , GearSense , the digital craw help , was added to the ware communication channel last year . " With voguish cameras , hokey intelligence operation ( AI ) and robotics , we help simplify , improve and fastness - up the everyday work , " says Ab van Staalduinen from Gearbox . " In this way we create the colleagues of the time to come . “Ab van Staalduinen

The Westland company has grown considerably in late times . “ Nevertheless , we are still located in between the greenhouses in Maasdijk . of late , however , we are at a new location with more space , the product has already go , the rest will stick with soon . ”

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The first steps were taken from the remnant of 2016 base on client demand . This soon leave in our own products , with GearVision being the first one we proceed public with . " We are a real Westland society , so it was n’t until everything was working well and we were wholly certain of it , that we start out marketing it . "

First trope , then algorithmsVision , or image technology , is the start point for all product that Gearbox educate . “ It is the common factor that is used in every product . First , we assure that the product is the right way exhibit , to ensure we could furnish the right craw or lineament analysis by using AI . "

The result : data , lots of information . “ establish on data , you then want to draw good conclusion . In particular , we make the departure in being capable to allot with vision and data . ”   GearSense assist in the growing environs with growth monitoring and digital counting division for both vegetables and cut flowers .

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" We now use GearVisions , among other things , for tomatoes , cucumbers , peppers , aubergines , but also onions and flower bulbs we can inspect digitally . "

submission inspectionLooye Kwekers is one of the school companies where a Digital Quality Inspector is now active . GearVision is used here to do quality review on tomato . " Looye now welcome an additional huge amount of data that they have never receive before , " says Lisanne van den Berg , Quality Officer at Looye Kwekers , and therefore closely involved in the introduction of the Digital Quality Inspector in the tomato growing fellowship .

Looye has been running GearVision for over half a year . It make care of the inspection of the cherry tree tomatoes on the vine . " We are fully engaged in o.k. tuning , so that in the long term the human examiner with a checklist can be replaced by the much faster Digital Quality Inspector , " says Lisanne . “ Looye intend to have as many people as possible enjoying scrumptious tomatoes . GearVision enables Looye to better assess the tomatoes on a big scale . ”

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Together with the GearVision , Looye can now look more exactly at the cultivation and processing of their tomatoes , and start optimizing . " For exercise , it is potential to compare separate greenhouse section with each other , " order Lisanne . " The simple machine provides extensive reports about , among other things , form and color , and the exact exercising weight of each love apple is now have it off . " The Looye inspectors learn the GearVision how it has to encounter their strictest prerequisite . " Together with the Digital Quality Inspector as a confrere , we can audit the Lycopersicon esculentum on a much larger scale . "

' Little brother’The Gearbox merchandise tune also has a ‘ lilliputian brother ’ of the Digital Quality Inspector , peculiarly for crateful review . The vision is also lead for this Crate Inspector and supports the increasingly strict hygiene necessity in greenhouse horticulture . “ The Crate Inspector has already built up more than two million crateful of experience . It check whether crates are sportsmanlike and no longer contain organic material . A succinct circle - up that , in increase to timbre betterment , also just stand up in for an employee who otherwise would have to be able to channel out this high - capacity check . ” , Ab concludes .

Gearbox Innovations can be institute during this exhibition period in:-Gorinchem , during the HortiContact , at a base shared with LetsGrow.com , J141 . Gearbox works together with LetsGrow.com in the field of data access .

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For more entropy : Gearbox InnovationsGeerbos 182676BR MaasdijkThe Netherlands+31 ( 0)174 - 295714[email   protected]www.gearboxinnovations.com

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