Watch This! Tractor Mounted Sensor Powered by AI for Precision Orchard Management
July 7, 2023 
Aurea Imaging, a leading crop intelligence provider for fruit growers, has announced the launch of TMS TreeScout, the world’s first fully integrated tractor-mounted sensor for precision orchard management. Powered by AI and 3D computer vision, TMS (Tractor Mounted Sensor) TreeScout helps farmers with tasks including tree scanning, blossom mapping, and vigor scoring of trees.
It enables them to increase fruit tree yields, boost revenues, lower input costs, reduce labor expenses, and safeguard the environment.
The AI-powered TMS TreeScout is the first high-precision farming solution that gives fruit growers complete control over data collection, analysis, and execution without the need of external services or third parties to help manage it. TreeScout works seamlessly with all major root pruners, sprayers, and data platforms, enabling farmers to give each tree what it requires to thrive, while also saving on water, fertilizer, and labor expenses.
How TMS TreeScout Works
Mounted on the grower’s tractor, TreeScout contains a high-definition 3D computer vision system and edge computing processing capacity that integrates with existing RTK-GPS equipment. The TMS TreeScout scans the trees in high definition while driving through the orchard, spraying, spreading or mowing, and then collects and uploads data to the cloud. Once the data is analyzed, farmers receive prescription maps with insights on individual trees, which enables growers to provide every tree with tailored care.
“We are on a mission to unlock the potential of every fruit tree,” says Bert Rijk, CEO and founder of Aurea Imaging. “The TMS TreeScout reinvents orchard management and ensures farmers finally have a precision orchard solution that gives them full control of their orchards to maximize profits. Fruit growers who use TMS TreeScout will ultimately work more efficiently, reduce costs and time, and increase yield and productivity.”
Rijk grew up on a farm in the Netherlands and saw firsthand the problems farms had collecting actionable data to help their business. Most of the data collected was about entire farms, which offered farmers few avenues to improve since customized treatment is necessary for every tree. TreeScout addresses these challenges and helps farmers produce more food while also protecting the environment.
“The practicality of Aurea’s actual integration with our orchard applications is exceptional and drove our decision to work with them,” adds James Simpson, Managing Director of Adrian Scripps Ltd, UK.
Fruit growers — and specifically apple and pear farmers, as well as manufacturers and resellers of orchard equipment, can learn more at AureaImaging.com.
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