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-: With this system, we can see what people cannot see
by their naked eyes.
We can do very accurate measurements and very fast.
-: The system requires four different poles.
The tensioning on the cables has to be adjusted
based on where it's at in the field
and so it shortens and lengthens each one of those cables,
specifically to get to a specific location.
-: We can do any crop we want
because it can raise from ground level
to nine meters above the ground.
Dave: We can control within about,
plus or minus, a centimeter of placing that camera
in the same position each time,
so therefore, it allows us to get images that are identical
from one time to the next, in order to make comparisons.
-: We have minimum shadow on it which is very important.
Dave: With the large payloads,
we can do a number of different instruments
at the same time, as opposed to the drone,
where you're limited by the payload capacity of the drone.
This allows us to do different camera sytems
and imaging at the same time, on the same plants.
-: We have the very advanced subsurface irrigation system.
Dave: We have 130 different
individually-controlled irrigation zones out in that field.
Geng: And, we can control independently for all of them.
This is the first system in the United States.
It will give us a lot of innovative way
to develop our modern phenotyping pipeline.
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