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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2011
Joseph L. Jones, Acton, MA (US);
Clara VU, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paul E. Sandin, Brookline, NH (US);
Charles M. Grinnell, Arlington, MA (US);
Joseph L. Jones, Acton, MA (US);
Clara Vu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paul E. Sandin, Brookline, NH (US);
Charles M. Grinnell, Arlington, MA (US);
Harvest Automation, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for processing container-grown plants positioned in a given area. The system includes a processing station positioned in the area for processing the container-grown plants. It also includes one or more autonomous mobile container handling robots configured to: (i) travel to a source location in the area and pick up a container-grown plant, (ii) transport the container-grown plant to the processing station where a process is performed on the container-grown plant, (iii) transport the container-grown plant from the processing station to a destination location in the area, (iv) deposit the container-grown plant at the destination location, and (v) repeat (i) through (iv) for a set of container-grown plants in the source location.