Autofarm I, Melbourne City North Social Innovation Precinct
- Type
- Innovation facility
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Industries
- High nutrient crop, Vertical & indoor farming, Consumer health & consumer effects, Delivery & fulfilment technology, Plant health, Crop protection, Farm robotics & machinery, non-GMO , Pathogen detection, Food safety & quality, Quality detection, Food waste tech, Clean technology, Catering / office services, Shortening supply chain, Farm-to-table, Arable farming, Controlled environment agriculture, Crop / plant science, Farm input, Food reformulation, New food processing techniques, Out-of-home
- Domains
- Fruit, Plant based primary products, Vegetables
- Technologies
- Aeroponics, Agritech, Irrigation & water technology, Environmental sensing, Quality sensing, Analytical measurement, Other technologies, Robotics & Automation
About Autofarm I, Melbourne City North Social Innovation Precinct
A site of two small greenhouses to trial:
Novel substrateless aeroponic technology
Photoluminescent films to enhance light bioavailability
Humanoid robotics
Hyperspectral imaging for ML/robotics
Greenhouse homeostasis systems
Substrateless seed germination
Open to collaboration with synergistic technologies and founders/organisations. We also warmly welcome helping volunteers with no or some experience.
Wide variety of leafy, stalky, and fruiting vegetables, as well as melons and strawberries.
All food produced distributed to students of the RMIT University, the University of Melbourne, and Victoria University, who are facing food insecurity at this time.