METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER PROCESSING OF CONTAINER-GROWN PLANTS USING AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS

A system is provided for processing container-grown plants positioned in a given area. The system includes a processing station positioned in the area for processing the container-grown plants. It also includes one or more autonomous mobile container handling robots configured to: (i) travel to a so...

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Main Authors GRINNELL, CHARLES, M, SANDIN, PAUL, E, JONES, JOSEPH, L, VU, CLARA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 10.09.2014
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
CONTROLLING
CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED
FERTILISING
FISHING
FORESTRY
HAND TOOLS
HORTICULTURE
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
MANIPULATORS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PLANTING
PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS
REGULATING
SOWING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TRANSPORTING
TRAPPING
WATERING
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Summary:A system is provided for processing container-grown plants positioned in a given area. The system includes a processing station positioned in the area for processing the container-grown plants. It also includes one or more autonomous mobile container handling robots configured to: (i) travel to a source location in the area and pick up a container-grown plant, (ii) transport the container-grown plant to the processing station where a process is performed on the container-grown plant, (iii) transport the container-grown plant from the processing station to a destination location in the area, (iv) deposit the container-grown plant at the destination location, and (v) repeat (i) through (iv) for a set of container-grown plants in the source location.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20120845534