Carnegie Mellon University

Jeffrey David McMahill

Herman Herman

James Andrew Bagnell

Neil Stegall

Christopher Chandler Fromme

Richard Pantaleo

Jaime W Bourne

Joan Campoy

Elliot Allen Cuzzillo

Neil Frederick Stegall

Richard D Pantaleo

A self-guided blossom picker uses a vision system to identify and locate blossoms or inflorescence growing on a plant. The device can be towed by a tractor or it can be self-propelled. Image data captured by the vision system is sent to an machine vision module, which interprets the data and identifies a location of blossom. A controller uses the location data to command a picker to the proper location. A cutter on the picker is actuated to remove the blossom.

Self-guided blossom picking device

Growing community of inventors

Wexford, PA, United States of America

Jeffrey David McMahill