Bloomfield Robotics

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Team: Bloomfield Robotics | Origin: California | Participation: NSF I-Corps Participant 2021

Bloomfield uses computer vision and deep learning to observe, pixel-by-pixel, images of plants. They then analyze the plant phenotype data points and create plant-by-plant health and performance assessments for precise, accurate and efficient crop management.

According to the Bloomfield website: "Bloomfield’s FLASH camera collects high quality images in any agricultural environment from ground-level. Traveling on any vehicle FLASH’s stereo camera and active lighting images the entire plant for precise assessments of key plant features throughout the season. Analysis of berries, clusters, shoots, leaves, trunks, buds, cordons or canes results in a health and performance assessment of every feature on every plant at any time."

Bloomfield raised $1.8 million in December, 2021, and an additional $6 million in August, 2022.

Field photo of Bloomfield Robotics’ device in action.

Credit: Bloomfield Robotics

Image of plant taken by Bloomfield Robotics

“I Corps was instrumental in helping our team gain a practical understanding the emerging market opportunity that we ultimately pursued…. One of the I-Corps program's greatest strengths is that it demands the active participation of the researchers and entrepreneurs in the market discovery process. Having founded a number of startups and participated in countless accelerators and incubators, I found the I-Corps approach refreshing and tremendously valuable!” Mark DeSantis, CEO, Bloomfield Robotics.

https://bloomfield.ai