AgriTech · 2024

Greenhouse Monitoring Device

An autonomous sensing platform that travels an overhead rail above greenhouse crops, gathering environmental and visual data through an integrated suite of sensors and cameras.

Services

Industrial DesignPrototyping

Tech In Hand led the product design, mechanical integration, CAD development and prototyping — transforming a technical concept into a manufacturable product ready for real-world deployment.

Expertise

Industrial

Year

2024

Location

Morocco

Material

Engineering thermoplastics

3D Printing Time

120 hours

Inside the device

Six subsystems, one printed body

Scroll to take the unit apart — from the sensing base up through compute, power and the bio-printed canopy.

Greenhouse monitoring device — exploded layer

06Suspension

Telescopic-arm mast

A central column locks into a telescopic arm that raises and lowers the unit along the crop row.

05Enclosure

Bio-printed lattice canopy

A parametric printed shell ventilates the electronics while shedding condensation off the crop.

04Power

Swappable battery deck

A dedicated deck carries the battery pack for fast hot-swaps between greenhouse runs.

02Compute

GPU + CPU compute stack

On-board GPU and CPU run imaging and telemetry, cooled passively through a finned heatsink.

01Sensing core

Integrated sensor base

Environmental and visual sensors share one printed base, keeping the centre of mass low.

03Service access

Slide-out display

A removable panel slides into the compute stack to expose a status display without opening the shell.

Scroll to disassemble

Exploded view01 / 06

Material detail

A printed body, finished by hand

The diamond-textured shell, brushed-metal band and signal-yellow seam are printed as one continuous surface — structural detail and visual language emerging straight from the fabrication process.

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