A robotic system built for taking plant tissue samples.
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Updated Sept 24, 2026
Robotics and autonomous systems covers machines that sense, decide and act on their own. On Halo, the solutions cover robotic plant tissue sampling, robots in a growing environment, sorting and inspection robotics, and interfaces with a person or an animal. Sign up to search the full network and post your specific need.
Robotic plant tissue sampling
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Washington State University
The same task addressed from a greenhouse automation group.
In developmentUniversity
MA
Monash University Malaysia
An autonomous mobile platform carrying the sampling head.
In developmentUniversity
Multi-coordinated soft grippers, so the plant survives the sample.
In developmentStartup
An autosampler aimed at cadmium analysis in cocoa seedlings.
In developmentUniversity
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
Sampling designed so the sample cannot be contaminated.
In developmentUniversity
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Virginia Commonwealth University
A portable system, on the assumption the greenhouse is not instrumented.
In developmentUniversity
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
A mobile manipulator adapting to where the tissue actually is.
In developmentUniversity
Fraunhofer Institute
Manipulation strategies worked out specifically for plant tissue.
In developmentUniversity
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North Carolina State University
Autonomous phenotyping with the sampling built into it.
In developmentUniversity
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Texas A&M University, College Station
An intelligent robotic solution for the same greenhouse task.
In developmentUniversity
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Tecnológico de Monterrey
Stereographic vision inspecting the crop before anything is cut.
In developmentUniversity
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One request accounts for a third of the work on Halo. Thirteen entries build a robot that takes a plant tissue sample in a greenhouse, and they differ on the gripper, the navigation and the contamination control. Around that sit sorting robots, mobile manipulators and a handful of human interfaces. On Halo it spans six groups, including robotic plant tissue sampling, robots in a growing environment, and sorting and inspection robotics.
Stage of development. Work on robotics & autonomous systems on Halo comes mostly from companies. 46% of the solutions are in market. University of Alberta and Fraunhofer Institute have the most, followed by University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Co-development and sponsored research are the usual partnering routes, and about 43% of the solutions that state terms offer pilot engagements.
Three trends in robotics solutions on Halo
Thirteen robots for one greenhouse task. Taking a plant tissue sample drew thirteen entries from twelve institutions across nine countries. They differ on the part that is hard: multi-coordinated soft grippers so the plant survives, contamination-free handling, portability into an uninstrumented greenhouse, adaptive manipulation to find the tissue. It is the single most answered request in the whole taxonomy.
Agriculture is where robots are wanted. Beyond the sampling cluster, six more entries work a growing environment: a cable robot over a greenhouse, micro-drones pollinating a protected crop, orchard harvesting, vision-guided picking, and a system that maps insects and then wipes them. Labor availability and crop value are what make these economic, and neither applies in most factories.
Manipulation is the remaining hard part. Four entries are mobile manipulators, two of them explicitly laboratory assistants, and the sampling cluster is really a manipulation problem wearing a horticultural costume. Navigation and perception have become buyable components; picking up an unfamiliar deformable object and not damaging it has not.
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46%in market
Frequently asked questions
What are robotics solutions?
Robotics and autonomous systems covers machines that sense, decide and act on their own. It spans robotic plant tissue sampling in greenhouses, robots working in growing environments, sorting and inspection robotics, mobile manipulation in a laboratory, interfaces between a robot and a person or an animal, and the components and fabrication behind them. Agricultural operations, manufacturers and research laboratories are the buyers.
What are examples of robotics solutions?
Five examples of robotics solutions on Halo include:
- A robotic system built for taking plant tissue samples. (TCS)
- An autonomous cable robot collecting data and tissue samples indoors. (Neatleaf)
- RGB vision, hyperspectral and X-ray transmission on one robot. (Matvision SRL)
- Motion intelligence read off a worker as they move. (Sentry Solutions, Corp.)
- A mobile manipulation robot acting as an autonomous laboratory assistant. (Carnegie Mellon University)
What are the latest robotics innovations?
Over the past 90 days, researchers and innovators on Halo have added these robotics solutions:
Which companies and suppliers are developing robotics solutions?
There are 813 organizations with robotics solutions on Halo, and companies outnumber university labs. Among them are TCS, Washington State University, Monash University Malaysia, AIIT, and Agrosavia. Most offer co-development or sponsored research. Sign up to see every organization working in the area and to send them your specific need.
How do I find robotics research partners?
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