公开(公告)号：US20220374026A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17752335

申请日：2022-05-24

Applicant: The Regents of the University of California

Inventor： Stavros Vougioukas ,  Chen Peng ,  Dennis L. Sadowski

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G06Q50/02 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  A01D90/16

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method are provided for robotically assisting the harvest of a crop. Instrumented picker carts include sensors for detecting amounts of harvested crop (e.g., fill ratios) of containers carried by the carts, communication modules for communicating their locations and detected crop amounts to a field computer, and components for signaling for robotic service. The field computer predicts when a cart that requests service will have a full container and where it will be located at that time, then decides whether to approve the request. If the request is approved, a robot is assigned and is given (or generates) a path to the cart's predicted location, and begins moving toward the location so as to arrive near (and preferably before) the predicted time. Robots include means for moving (e.g., wheels, motors, steering components, power sources), navigation modules, computing components for controlling their movement, and communication modules.

公开(公告)号：US12197232B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US17752335

申请日：2022-05-24

Applicant: The Regents of the University of California

Inventor： Stavros Vougioukas ,  Chen Peng ,  Dennis L. Sadowski

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  A01D90/16 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  G06Q50/02

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method are provided for robotically assisting the harvest of a crop. Instrumented picker carts include sensors for detecting amounts of harvested crop (e.g., fill ratios) of containers carried by the carts, communication modules for communicating their locations and detected crop amounts to a field computer, and components for signaling for robotic service. The field computer predicts when a cart that requests service will have a full container and where it will be located at that time, then decides whether to approve the request. If the request is approved, a robot is assigned and is given (or generates) a path to the cart's predicted location, and begins moving toward the location so as to arrive near (and preferably before) the predicted time. Robots include means for moving (e.g., wheels, motors, steering components, power sources), navigation modules, computing components for controlling their movement, and communication modules.