Greenhouse crops aerial view

Edge AI for Agriculture

Inspect crops faster.
Detect problems earlier.
No internet required.

Automated crop inspection — without internet.

FarmScout is a ground-based AI system that scans crop rows, detects plant health issues, and tells farmers exactly where to act.

FarmScout Dashboard

Row 1

Needs Attention

Row 2

Healthy

pH

6.2

EC

1.8

Light

Good

The Problem

Daily crop inspection is a bottleneck

Farmers manually walk through rows every day to inspect crops. This process is time-consuming, physically exhausting, and often inconsistent. Missing early disease signs can lead to significant crop loss.

Manual work is tiring

Farmers spend hours walking through rows every day, leading to fatigue and inconsistent coverage.

Inspection is not scalable

Large farms require more labor, making daily inspection impractical and expensive.

Early detection is difficult

Subtle signs of disease or stress are easy to miss with the naked eye, especially at scale.

Farmer manually inspecting crops
FarmScout robot inspecting crops

The Solution

An AI inspection system that works directly on the farm

FarmScout is a low-cost ground-based robot with a camera and edge AI models to scan, detect, and analyze crops without needing an internet connection.

Detect plant leaves in real time
Classify plant health using deep learning
Analyze pH, EC, and light conditions
Provide row-level guidance instead of raw data
Works fully offline. Designed for real farm conditions.

Process

How FarmScout works

01

Camera scans crop rows

A ground-mounted camera captures high-resolution images as it moves through the farm.

02

AI detects leaves

YOLO-based object detection identifies and isolates individual plant leaves in each frame.

03

AI classifies health

A CNN model analyzes each detected leaf and assigns a health classification in real time.

04

Data aggregated per row

Health scores and environmental readings are grouped by crop row for clear tracking.

05

Farmer-friendly report

The system generates actionable guidance — which rows need attention and why.

Demo

See FarmScout in action

FarmScout inspects plants, identifies health conditions, and generates actionable guidance for farmers in real time.

Product Proof

Built and Validated in Real Conditions

Inspection Output

AI crop analysis
Leaf #1
Leaf #2
Leaf #3
Row 3 — Lettuce
Mostly Healthy94% confidence
12 leaves
8
Healthy
3
Caution
1
Issue

FarmScout analyzes crop rows in real time and converts raw detections into structured, row-level insights for farmers.

Data Collection & Storage

Inspection Records24 stored
INS-0426
May 4, 2026
Synced
INS-0425
May 3, 2026
Pending
INS-0424
May 2, 2026
Synced
Local storage used1.2 GB / 5 GB

All inspection data including images, predictions, and sensor readings are stored locally. This allows offline usage and creates a continuous data pipeline for improvement.

Farmer Feedback Loop

Inspection INS-0426
How accurate was this result?
Accurate — no issues
Mostly correct
Needs correction
87% accurate
156 ratings

Farmers can provide simple feedback after each inspection. This feedback helps improve the system over time and ensures the model adapts to real farm conditions.

Timing

Why now

Edge AI is ready

Advances in edge AI hardware and lightweight deep learning models make it possible to run intelligent crop inspection directly on farms without internet.

Labor is scarce

Labor challenges and increasing crop risks make automation more necessary than ever. Farms need tools that work without adding headcount.

Vision

Our vision

To build an intelligent field assistant that continuously monitors crops, learns from repeated inspections, and helps farmers make faster, data-driven decisions.

Vision of smart agriculture
Nithin Sompalli - Founder

Team

Founder

Nithin Sompalli is a graduate researcher in Electrical Engineering focusing on edge AI systems. He has been working on agricultural robotics since his undergraduate studies and is now building FarmScout to solve real-world farming challenges.