Discuss your pest challenge One mosquito in a Delft bedroom sparked a bigger question: could insect activity be understood before the damage became visible?
See where it led ↓
Inside a greenhouse, a few flying insects can become a serious problem before the change is easy to see.
Growers were already working hard to protect their crops. The missing piece was not effort. It was timing: knowing what was moving, where it was changing, and when it deserved attention.
The signal was the real breakthrough.
But every turn made the purpose clearer.
The first answer was bold: a small, bat-like drone that could meet flying insects in mid-air. Building it taught us something even more valuable. Insects leave patterns, and those patterns can become an early signal.
An ambitious first idea revealed a much bigger opportunity.
That insight changed the direction of PATS. Monitoring should not depend on a single walk, count, or moment. It should help growers see movement over time, connect observations, and notice change while there is still room to respond.
The signal became more important than the machine.
Today, PATS-C and Trap-Eye bring night-flight activity and sticky-trap observations into one connected view. The purpose is simple: give growers practical context, so every next step can be better timed and better informed.
Built with growers, for decisions that happen every day.
Technology earns its place in the greenhouse when it helps a team make a clearer, more confident next decision.
Keep watch beyond the moments when someone is physically in the crop.
Turn separate observations into trends a team can discuss together.
Support practical IPM decisions with a clearer view of what is changing.
By connecting observations over time, PATS turns insect activity into practical context for everyday crop decisions.
Biology, AI, engineering, product design, operations, and customer experience meet around one shared challenge: building better solutions for growers.
Meet the team ↗Tell us what you grow and what your team wants to understand sooner. We will explore the most useful starting point together.
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