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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Rowbot Systems Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventor:
Kent Cavender-Bares, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
ROWBOT SYSTEMS LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); A01C 7/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/02 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); A01B 69/008 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01C 7/00 (2013.01); A01C 7/085 (2013.01); A01C 15/00 (2013.01); A01C 21/002 (2013.01); A01C 23/024 (2013.01); B25J 5/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (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 an in-season task management structure configured to perform various tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field.