公开(公告)号：US20230397596A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18331864

申请日：2023-06-08

Applicant: Tensorfield Agriculture, Inc.

Inventor： Zhe Xiong Chang ,  Sandeep Mirchandani ,  Louise Erin Thomas ,  Cheehan Francis Weereratne

IPC: A01M21/04 ,  F28D15/00 ,  B05B12/12 ,  B05B12/08 ,  B05B1/08 ,  A01M7/00 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06V10/77 ,  G06V10/75

CPC classification number: A01M21/04 ,  F28D15/00 ,  B05B12/12 ,  B05B12/084 ,  B05B1/08 ,  A01M7/0042 ,  G06V20/188 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06V10/77 ,  G06V10/75 ,  G06T2207/30188

Abstract: Robots are used to dispense a substance, such as heated oil, on target vegetation, such as weeds or specialty crops. The robot can be semi-autonomous or a towed implement and includes an imaging module that captures images of a crop row with the target vegetation and a sprayer that dispenses a micro-dose or micro-doses of the substance. The robot also includes a control system that can determine the position of the robot and identify the target vegetation and its location. Based on this information, the control system activates a sprayer that dispenses the micro-dose of the substance onto the target vegetation in the identified location.