Bombadil: a foundation model for plant electrophysiology trained on 4M hours of signals
vboykis · x · 2026-10-21
Electric Plant Co unveiled Bombadil, a foundation model for plant electrophysiology (paper on arXiv).
- Pretrained label-free on 4M+ hours of electrical signals from 100 plant species across 10 environments (labs, greenhouses, commercial orchards, natural forests), recorded via differential extracellular electrodes
- Learns the structure of plant electrical signals, then tracks 7 physiological stress indicators from the signal alone, generalizing to unlabeled species and stressors
- Aimed at scalable plant health monitoring for agriculture, forestry and horticulture
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