A phenotyping device, method and system for measuring phenotypic traits of one or more plants in a target canopy

A phenotyping method for measuring phenotypic traits of one or more plants in a target canopy, the method comprising:

• defining an input data specification for a raw data collected by one or more camera units of a phenotyping device from a current set of raw data collection targets;
• defining a use-orientation-height specification;
• defining a device-specific device-location-angle specification;
• defining a use movement specification;
• adjusting at least one parameter of a means for controlling an angle and a distance of the one or more camera units in relation to a one or more shafts according to the device-specific device-location-angle specification for maintaining the position and orientation of the one or more camera units fixed relative to the shaft;
• initiating the raw data collection session;
• moving the one or more shafts of the phenotyping device partly in contact with the one or more plants in the target canopy according to the defined use-orientation-height specification and according to the use movement specification for revealing the one or more plants for imaging in measuring phenotypic traits of the one or more plants;
• recording the raw data of the one or more plants in the target canopy while moving the device in contact with the target canopy according to the use-orientation-height specification and according to the defined use movement specification;
• processing the recorded raw data to estimate the phenotypic traits of the one or more plants in the target canopy.