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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2016
Ramot AT Tel-aviv University Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (Aro) (Volcani Center), Beit-Dagan, IL;
Gabor Kosa, Modiin, IL;
Avital Bechar, Mazkeret Batya, IL;
Yosef Yovel, Tel Aviv, IL;
Roee Finkelshtain, Yarkona, IL;
Abstract
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.