EarthSense creates dramatic new possibilities for crop breeders, plant protection product developers, crop scientists, and field agronomists. Through advanced mechatronics, design, cutting-edge autonomy, and machine learning, they make outdoor robots to optimize work in dynamic and uncertain field environments. TerraSentia, their first robot, improves the quantity, accuracy, cost, and speed of in-field plant trait data collection, specifically for under-canopy plants. EarthSense machine vision and machine learning-based analytics seamlessly convert field data to specific, actionable information about plant traits.
EnterpriseWorks Tenure: 2016-2022
News & Milestones
- EnterpriseWorks Startups Psyonic, EarthSense, Natrion Win IIN Innovation Awards
- EarthSense Awarded Regenerative Ag Grant
- French Government Delegation Visits EarthSense at UIRP to Glean Best Practices in AgTech
- EarthSense Co-Founder Chinmay Soman Talks AgTech Trends and Company Success in Recent Research Park “Innovations” Podcast
EarthSense Now
EarthSense entered the University of Illinois Research Park in 2021.