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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Rowbot Systems Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Camacho-Cook, Norwalk, CT (US);
John E. Bares, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Kent Cavender-Bares, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
RowBot Systems LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/00 (2006.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01); B62D 53/02 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 15/00 (2013.01); A01B 69/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle platform and system for selectively performing an in-season management task in an agricultural field while self-navigating between rows of planted crops, the autonomous vehicle platform having a vehicle base with a width so dimensioned as to be insertable through the space between two rows of planted crops, the vehicle base having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is pivotably coupled to the second portion, and each of portion is operably coupled to at least one ground engaging wheel.