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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2021
Lely Patent N.v., Maassluis, NL;
Karel Van Den Berg, Maassluis, NL;
Korstiaan Cornelis Blokland, Maassluis, NL;
Renatus Ignatius Josephus Fransen, Maassluis, NL;
Carlo Van Sonsbeek, Maassluis, NL;
Ingrid Elisabeth Maria Den Uijl, Maassluis, NL;
LELY PATENT N.V., Maassluis, NL;
Abstract
A method, using an autonomous, unmanned device and a control device, includes the steps of automatically harvesting feed crop in a part of a crop field by means of the autonomous, unmanned device; automatically loading the harvested feed crop directly into a storage space provided on the autonomous, unmanned device without said harvested feed crop contacting the soil; choosing a destination location from a feeding location and a stationary crop processing location; automatically transporting the harvested feed crop from the crop field to the chosen destination location by means of the autonomous, unmanned device; and automatically unloading harvested feed from the storage space of the autonomous, unmanned device at the chosen destination location.