Tel Aviv University

The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (aro) (volcani Center)

State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization

The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (aro) (volcani Institute)

The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organisation, Volcani Center

Avital Bechar

Roee Finkelshtain

Lavi Rosenfeld

Yosef Yovel

Gabor Kosa

Victor Bloch

Ran Lati

A method for weed control, including: (a) providing an electrode coupled to a power source via a power provision arrangement; and (b) delivering an electrostatic shock on or near a weed plant via the electrode. A device for performing electrostatic weeding, including: (a) an electrode; (b) a handle, coupled to the electrode; and (c) a power provision arrangement operationally coupled to a power source, the power provision arrangement being in electrical communication with the electrode; wherein the electrode is adapted to provide an electrostatic shock to a weed plant so as to damage or destroy the weed plant.

Device for performing electrostatic weeding

A human-robot system and method for performing an agricultural task, the system including: a robotic manipulator with an agricultural tool coupled to an end effector thereof; an imaging device adapted to capture imagery of a target, the imaging device mechanically coupled to the end effector; a laser distance sensor adapted to measure a distance between the manipulator and the target, the laser distance sensor mechanically coupled to the end effector and collocated with the imaging device; and a control unit including: a processing unit, a monitor and a human-machine interface (HMI), wherein the processing unit is configured to display the imagery on the monitor and to receive markings from the HMI and calculate a trajectory for the manipulator to perform the agricultural task with the tool.

Human-robot guiding system for agricultural objects detection in unstructured and noisy environment by integrated laser and vision

An agricultural robot for monitoring plants in a growing site, the robot comprising: a sensor module comprising: a speaker operable to transmit a directional acoustic signal at an object; and a microphone operable to register a reflection of the acoustic signal; a sound analyzer operable to time-index the reflection received by the microphone and maps a location of the object that reflected the received acoustic signal; and an autonomous mobile platform onto which the sensor module is mounted.

Agricultural robot

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Mazkeret Batya, Israel

Avital Bechar