Phytosensing and phytoactuating system
The system measures physiological and electrophysiological parameters of phyto-objects (productive and home plants, herbs, shrubs, trees). In addition to phytosensing, the device can perform phytoactuation, i.e. control light, irrigation or fertilization based on biofeedback from plants.
Available electrodes:
- electrophysiology (biopotintials 2x, tissue impedance 2x)
- all sensors (soil sensors optional)
Available additional components:
- mini-PC (Win 10 Pro, J4125, 8G 128G, HDMI 4K, BT4.2, 2.4G/5.8G Wi-Fi, USB3.0)
- power management module (220V/110V, 12/24V outputs)
Applications:
- professional or amateur plant growers
- vertical/indoor farms, controlled environment agriculture
- biofeedback-based cultivation
- bio-sensing and phyto-sensing systems
- plant enthusiasts
The system measures (depends on electrodes):
- Biopotentials, 2 channels
- Tissue conductivity (leaf and stem fluid content), 2 channels
- Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (ionic analysis of tissues)
- Leaf transpiration, leaf temperature, single channel
- Stem’s sap flow, electrochemical and heat-impulse/balance (optional)
- Soil moisture and temperature (optional)
- Environmental parameters: 3D accelerometer/magnetometer, EM power meter, air temperature and humidity, pressure, light (on external sensor panel)
- Supported external sensors: CO2, O2, ion-selective electrodes, any sensors with analog or I2C interface
- Micro-current stimulation, 2 channels
- Real-time regression/spectral/correlation/statistical analysis
Actuation (control of external devices), with power management system :
- 6 solid state/ electromechanical relays, high power MOSFETs
- 220V/110V actuation for light (full spectra, far-red, UV)
- 12V/24V for irrigation (pumps or solenoids)
- Water/air preparation, e.g. pH control, adding fertilizers, ozonation/AOP
(advanced oxidation process), aeration/OMB (O2 microbub-
bles), magnetic treatment
Manuals, application notes, publications
- CYBRES Measurement Unit MU3: SHORT MANUAL (English, German, French, Ukrainian, Arabic, Chinese)
- CYBRES EIS for electrochemical and electrophysiological analysis of fluids and organic tissues: EXTENDED USER MANUAL
- Application Note 28. Using phytosensor in precision agriculture, vertical farms, hydroponics and agricultural AI applications
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- Short Presentation “CYBRES Phytosensor”, 2018
- Phytosensor, technical presentation, 2024
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- H. Hamann et al, “Flora robotica – Mixed Societies of Symbiotic Robot-Plant Bio-Hybrids”, IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (IEEE ALIFE’15), 2015
- Device for measuring the plant electrophysiology, IJUS, Issue 12-13(4), p.138, 2016
- H. Hamann et al, “Flora robotica–An Architectural System Combining Living Natural Plants and Distributed Robots”, arXiv:1709.04291, 2017
- M. Wahby et al, “Autonomously Shaping Natural Climbing Plants: A Bio-hybrid Approach” Royal Society Open Science, 2018
- H. Hamann et al, WatchPlant : Networked Bio-hybrid Systems for Pollution Monitoring of Urban Areas, ALIFE 2021, MIT Press, pp. 118-126, 2021 doi: 10.1162/isal_a_00377
- L. García-Carmona et al, .“Biohybrid systems for environmental intelligence on living plants”, 2021. GoodIT ’21, p. 210–215, 2021, doi: 10.1145/3462203.3475885
- S.Kernbach, Device for measuring the plant physiology and electrophysiology, arXiv:2206.10459v1, 2022
- E.Buss, et al, Stimulus classification with electrical potential and impedance of living plants, Bioinspir. Biomim. 18 025003, 2023, DOI 10.1088/1748-3190/acbad2
- S.Kernbach, Biofeedback-based closed loop interactions in biohybrid plants, Biomemetics, 2024
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