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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Ecorobotix SA, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ecorobotix SA, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 21/02 (2006.01); A01G 3/06 (2006.01); A01M 21/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A01G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 21/02 (2013.01); A01G 3/062 (2013.01); A01M 21/043 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 9/1694 (2013.01); G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); A01G 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention concerns a method using a robot for an automatic treatment of a weed, the method comprises steps of capturing images of said weed with a camera on said robot; determining with said images a distance between the weed and a second vegetable organism; and selecting a treatment tool of said robot for a treatment of the weed from a group of treatment tools as function of said distance. The invention further concerns a robotic vehicle for carrying out the method for an automatic treatment of a weed.