AGRICULTURAL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD

An agricultural method, using an autonomous, unmanned harvesting device (1, 22) and a control device, comprising the following steps, which are performed repeatedly: a) automatically harvesting feed crop in a part of a crop field (15) by means of the autonomous, unmanned harvesting device (1, 22); b...

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Main Authors VAN DEN BERG, Karel, DE JONG, Ruth, BLOKLAND, Korstiaan Cornelis, WISSE, Dik-Jan, LI, Yan, KLOMPE, Robbert
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 05.04.2023
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
FISHING
FORESTRY
HARVESTING
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
MOWING
TRAPPING
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Summary:An agricultural method, using an autonomous, unmanned harvesting device (1, 22) and a control device, comprising the following steps, which are performed repeatedly: a) automatically harvesting feed crop in a part of a crop field (15) by means of the autonomous, unmanned harvesting device (1, 22); b) automatically loading the harvested feed crop into a storage space (6) provided on the autonomous, unmanned harvesting device (1, 22); c) automatically fertilizing said part of the crop field (15) using an autonomous, unmanned fertilizing device (1, 21); d) automatically transporting the feed crop from the crop field (15) to a destination location (17) by means of the autonomous, unmanned harvesting device (1, 22); e) automatically unloading harvested feed from the storage space (6) of the autonomous, unmanned harvesting device (1, 22) at the destination location (17). Thus, an efficient, completely automated method is realized wherein harvested feed crop is delivered at a destination location and fertilizing takes place just after removing the crop from the soil. The invention further relates to a system for performing the method. An efficient, multi-purpose and completely automatic system is thus realized.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20210729967