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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2021
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Udaya C. Kalluri, Knoxville, TN (US);
Andrzej Nycz, Knoxville, TN (US);
Lonnie J. Love, Knoxville, TN (US);
Vincent C. Paquit, Knoxville, TN (US);
Xiaohan Yang, Knoxville, TN (US);
Samuel C. Leach, Knoxville, TN (US);
Harold Walters, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for automated plant surveillance and manipulation are provided. Pursuant to the method and the system, images of target plants are obtained through a machine vision system having multiple cameras. The obtained images of the target plants are processed to determine tissue candidates of the target plants and to determine a position and an orientation of each tissue candidate. A tool is manipulated, based on the position and the orientation of each tissue candidate, to excise each tissue candidate to obtain tissue samples. The tissue samples are transported for subsequently manipulation including live processing of the tissue samples or destructive processing of the tissue samples.