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June 12, 2026AgronomyOpen Access

Design and Greenhouse Sensing-Layer Validation of a Low-Cost Modular Agricultural Robot for Environmental Sensing, Telemetry and Remote Supervision in Precision Agriculture

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BABálint AmbrusGTGergely TeschnerAKAttila Kovács

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Randomized trial validates environmental sensing capabilities in greenhouse settings, indicating useful applications for crop monitoring.

Key Points

  • This research aims to develop and test a low-cost modular agricultural robot for environmental sensing in precision agriculture.
  • Developed a modular tracked robot with various sensing technologies and computing capabilities.
  • Conducted greenhouse tests comparing the robot's sensing layer to a calibrated smart agriculture station using 70 synchronized samples.
  • Applied biases and Bland-Altman limits for method comparison to interpret operational differences.
  • Pressure measurements showed strong trend tracking (R2 = 0.992, RMSE = 0.024 hPa).
  • Air temperature and relative humidity were suitable primarily for exploratory mapping with lower trend consistency (R2 = 0.756 and R2 = 0.817, respectively).
  • Local calibration may improve the reliability of temperature and humidity readings for future crop monitoring.

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Ambrus et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2ba4a18101cf8926f02fc0https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy16121139
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