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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2020
Applicant:

The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (Aro) (Volcani Institute), Rishon Lezion, IL;

Inventors:

Avital Bechar, Mazkeret Batya, IL;

Victor Bloch, Moshav Ora, IL;

Roee Finkelshtain, Yarkona, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 11/00 (2006.01); A01D 46/30 (2006.01); A01G 3/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/022 (2013.01); A01D 46/30 (2013.01); A01G 3/08 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 11/0055 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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