R&D Projects

Collaborative project (Brittany Region) A project on real-time monitoring of plant crops subjected to abiotic stress. Our objective: To design and develop a portable, autonomous decision-making tool based on hyperspectral imaging. Partners: Photon Lines, VFI System.

Internal R&D project (Brittany Region) A project that aims to respond to the environmental and ecological challenges facing the world of agriculture and to propose a more precise and frugal form of farming. Agriculture is one of the main sectors of activity that directly emits man-made greenhouse gases and atmospheric pollutants (e.g. photorespiration from plants

Internal project (CIR) An in-house project to measure the spectral distribution of organic samples at the micrometric scale. Our objective: To design and develop a hyperspectral microscope in the visible and near infrared. Biological cells from plants and algae were analysed with a spatial resolution of 9 µm and a spectral resolution of 2.1 nm.

Internal R&D project (Brittany Region) A project designed to provide innovative solutions for tomorrow’s agriculture (plant health and water status diagnostics). A plant’s photosynthetic activity is strongly linked to its nitrogen or water supply. Our objective: To study the chlorophyll fluorescence induced by photosynthesis reactions in order to explore the many physiological parameters of C3

Collaborative project (Brittany Region) A project aimed at assessing the performance of near-field remote sensing measurements for plant characterisation (e.g. estimation of chlorophyll content, quantification of the plant area index (PAI), etc.). The goal is to mount photonic instruments on UAVs. Two optical paths are being studied: an active path (multispectral lidar) and a passive