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IUNU Inc · Supplier
Greenhouse phenotyping at a fraction of the usual cost, read in real time.
In-development
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Updated Nov 2, 2026
Controlled environment agriculture grows crops indoors, under light and climate the grower sets. On Halo, the solutions cover greenhouse imaging and monitoring, robots in the greenhouse, lighting and climate, and plant signals and nutrients. Sign up to search the full network and post your specific need.
Greenhouse imaging and monitoring
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Dylan Swartz
Gravity Farms · Supplier
Cellular-connected cameras with AI, priced to put one over every bay.
In-development
Ackley Dias Will
Andrews University
Greenhouse monitoring with AI insight and automatic anonymization for privacy.
In-development
Robots in the greenhouse
EM
Neatleaf · Startup
A fully autonomous cable robot that covers a controlled environment from overhead.
In-development
JM
Neatleaf · Startup
An AI robotic system for plant health monitoring across a growing area.
In-development
Kaan Armagan
Vertum Technologies, Inc. · Startup
A robot arm and sensing combined into fertigation control.
Pilot/trialIn-development
Lighting and climate
Kevin Leblanc
Brilliant Photonics Inc. · Supplier
Liquid-cooled horticultural lighting, moving the heat out of the canopy.
Sponsored researchIn-development
TH
University of Cambridge
Lighting protocols that follow a natural day-night ramp, not a flat block.
Sponsored researchIn-development
KW
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Raises light intensity on indoor lettuce seedlings to lift yield after transplant and reduce tip burn.
Sponsored researchIn-development
Plant signals and nutrients
Carrol Plummer
Vivent SA · Supplier
Reads electrical signals from the plant to monitor greenhouse crops and feed control systems in any lighting.
In-development
Carrol Plummer
Reads tomato electrophysiology to drive fertigation automatically, catching nutrient and drought stress before symptoms show.
Sponsored researchIn-development
Growing systems and crops
LC
180 Pipe · Startup
A modular vertical conduit chassis for sterile hydroponic production, packing more crop into less floor space.
Equity investmentIn-development
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Instrumentation is most of the work on Halo. Imaging and sensing entries outnumber everything else, and a second cluster puts robots into the greenhouse to carry those sensors down the row. On Halo it spans five groups, including greenhouse imaging and monitoring, robots in the greenhouse, and lighting and climate.
Stage of development. Work on controlled environment agriculture on Halo is split between university programs and companies. 31% of the solutions are in market. Co-development and pilot engagements are the usual partnering routes, and about 37% of the solutions that state terms offer licensing.
Three trends in controlled environment agriculture on Halo
The greenhouse as an instrumented space. Fourteen entries image or sense the crop: RGB-D with deep learning, multispectral stress detection, thermal on a smartphone rig, and battery-less passive sensors that nobody has to service. Almost every one of them names low cost as the design constraint, which says the barrier is coverage and not capability.
Carrying the sensor down the row. A second cluster moves the instrument in place of multiplying it: an autonomous cable robot working overhead, a robot arm doing fertigation, several tissue-sampling platforms, and 9 cm drones delivering pollen. Robotics is mostly a transport answer to a sensing problem.
Setting the light, not just supplying it. Lighting entries have moved past intensity. One runs a natural day-night ramp to improve biomass, another cools the fixture with liquid to keep heat out of the canopy, and a third tunes seedling light intensity for what happens after transplant. The schedule and the thermal path are the product.
443organizations
484solutions listed
59%from startups and companies
31%in market
Frequently asked questions
What is controlled environment agriculture?
Controlled environment agriculture grows crops indoors, where light, climate, water and nutrients are set by the grower and not inherited from the weather. It covers greenhouse and vertical farm structures, horticultural lighting, sensing and imaging that read crop condition, robotics that move through the canopy, and the cultivars bred for the conditions. Growers, greenhouse builders and produce companies are the buyers.
What are examples of controlled environment agriculture?
Five examples of controlled environment agriculture solutions on Halo include:
- Greenhouse phenotyping at a fraction of the usual cost, read in real time. (IUNU Inc)
- A fully autonomous cable robot that covers a controlled environment from overhead. (Neatleaf)
- Liquid-cooled horticultural lighting, moving the heat out of the canopy. (Brilliant Photonics Inc.)
- Reads electrical signals from the plant to monitor greenhouse crops and feed control systems in any lighting. (Vivent SA)
- A modular vertical conduit chassis for sterile hydroponic production, packing more crop into less floor space. (180 Pipe)
What are the latest controlled environment agriculture innovations?
Over the past 90 days, researchers and innovators on Halo have added these controlled environment agriculture solutions:
Which companies and suppliers are developing controlled environment agriculture?
There are 443 organizations with controlled environment agriculture solutions on Halo, 108 of them universities and research institutions. Among them are IUNU Inc, Gravity Farms, and Andrews University. Most offer co-development or pilot engagements. Sign up to see every organization working in the area and to send them your specific need.
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