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Researchers of the Department of Agricultural Engineering of the UPCT have begun to develop intelligent planters for urban or commercial spaces for the Murcian company Actúa, Servicios y Medio Ambiente
These "environmentally sustainable containers" will have sensors to automatically activate the watering of the plants and maintain the humidity threshold they need.
The planters will have sufficient water storage capacity so that they have a minimum autonomy of one month, even in the summer, so that manual maintenance tasks are minimized.
The project will be developed over the next fifteen months by a team of researchers led by Jesús Ochoa Rego.
"The objective is to provide innovative solutions, based on water and energy savings, through intelligent irrigation management systems, to improve the sustainability of the cultivation of ornamental plants," says the researcher, indicating the possibility of incorporating solar panels into the planters to power your electronic devices.
"The maintenance of ornamental plants is one of the limitations for the development of green spaces in urban and commercial areas," says Ochoa, responsible for the development of these 'smart garden' that will minimize maintenance costs, avoiding waste of water and the manual tasks.
The researchers will carry out both the development of the automatic irrigation equipment and the manufacture of the container and the installation of the components, as well as the installation and commissioning of a prototype in an urban area of ​​Cartagena.
The company that has hired this transfer of knowledge and applied technology is headed by a former student of the UPCT, Ángel Navarro López, and four interns from the Polytechnic of Cartagena have taken part in this course during this course.
Source: UPCT
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