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IBM AgroPad - AI-powered technology to health-check soil and water—IBM Research - BrazilIndustrial Technology & Science

Contact: Mathias Steiner; msteine@us.ibm.com, mathiast@br.ibm.com

How to use

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IBM AgroPad

1 – Collect sample

App

3 – Obtain results

AgroPAD

Sample

2 – Perform test

AgroPAD

How to use

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4 – Send data 5 – Visualize data

IBM Cloud

How it works

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IBM AgroPad

• Works through capillary forces in paper; does not require battery.• Detects 5 chemical parameters in a single test: pH, Cl, Mg, Al, NO2

• Low production cost, easily disposable.• Does not contain electric components.

Front Back

Mg Al

NO2Cl

pH

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Wait until circles get colored

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Smartphone App: AI on the Edge

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DetectRegion-of-Interest Detect

sensor circles

Extract colorimetricparameters

Calibrate byAI Models

Cl

NO2

Al

pH

Mg

6,42,6 mg/L13 mg/L164 mg/L631 mg/L5 parameters23Demo0

Retrieve Results

Read QR code

Data acquisition, management, analysis

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AgroPAD Smartphone App Cloud Platform

IBM Cloud

Web Interface

Imagens

ResultadosMg Al

NO2Cl

pH

API Connect

Cloudant DB

Data Processing.py

More information

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IBM AgroPad

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