Abstract

A method of using an unmanned agricultural robot to generate an anticipatory geospatial data map of the positions of annual crop rows planted within a perimeter of an agricultural field, the method including the step of creating a geospatial data map of an agricultural field by plotting actual annual crop row positions in a portion of the geospatial data map that corresponds to a starting point observation window, and filling in a remainder of the geospatial data map with anticipated annual crop row positions corresponding to the annual crop rows outside of the starting point observation window, and refining the geospatial data map by replacing the anticipated annual crop row positions with measured actual annual crop row positions when an unexpected obstacle is encountered.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising
• A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
• G05D 1/227 - Handing over between remote control and on-board controlHanding over between remote control arrangements
• G05D 1/246 - Arrangements for determining position or orientation using environment maps, e.g. simultaneous localisation and mapping [SLAM]

Abstract

An autonomous vehicle platform system and method configured to perform various in-season management tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field, while self-navigating between rows of planted crops and beneath the canopy of the planted crops on the uneven terrain of an agricultural field, allowing for an ideal in-season application of fertilizer to occur once the planted crop is well established and growing rapidly, in an effort to limit the loss of fertilizer.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising
• A01C 23/02 - Special arrangements for delivering the liquid directly into the soil
• A01B 51/02 - Undercarriages specially adapted for mounting-on various kinds of agricultural tools or apparatus propelled by a motor
• A01C 7/06 - Seeders combined with fertilising apparatus
• A01B 19/00 - Harrows with non-rotating tools
• A01C 23/04 - Distributing under pressureDistributing mudAdaptation of watering systems for fertilising-liquids
• G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
• A01C 7/00 - Sowing
• A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
• A01B 79/00 - Methods for working soil
• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising
• A01B 51/02 - Undercarriages specially adapted for mounting-on various kinds of agricultural tools or apparatus propelled by a motor
• A01C 7/06 - Seeders combined with fertilising apparatus
• A01C 7/08 - Broadcast seedersSeeders depositing seeds in rows
• A01C 15/00 - Fertiliser distributors
• A01C 23/02 - Special arrangements for delivering the liquid directly into the soil
• B25J 5/00 - Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages
• B64C 39/02 - Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
• G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
• A01C 23/00 - Distributing devices specially adapted for liquid manure or other fertilising liquid, including ammonia, e.g. transport tanks or sprinkling wagons
• B64D 47/08 - Arrangements of cameras

Abstract

A method of using an unmanned agricultural robot to generate an anticipatory geospatial data map of the positions of annual crop rows planted within a perimeter of an agricultural field, the method including the step of creating a geospatial data map of an agricultural field by plotting actual annual crop row positions in a portion of the geospatial data map that corresponds to a starting point observation window, and filling in a remainder of the geospatial data map with anticipated annual crop row positions corresponding to the annual crop rows outside of the starting point observation window, and refining the geospatial data map by replacing the anticipated annual crop row positions with measured actual annual crop row positions when an unexpected obstacle is encountered.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising
• A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
• G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
• A01C 7/00 - Sowing
• A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
• A01B 79/00 - Methods for working soil
• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising
• A01B 51/02 - Undercarriages specially adapted for mounting-on various kinds of agricultural tools or apparatus propelled by a motor
• A01C 7/06 - Seeders combined with fertilising apparatus
• A01C 7/08 - Broadcast seedersSeeders depositing seeds in rows
• A01C 15/00 - Fertiliser distributors
• A01C 23/02 - Special arrangements for delivering the liquid directly into the soil
• B25J 5/00 - Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages
• B64C 39/02 - Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
• G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
• A01C 23/00 - Distributing devices specially adapted for liquid manure or other fertilising liquid, including ammonia, e.g. transport tanks or sprinkling wagons
• B64D 47/08 - Arrangements of cameras

Abstract

A multi-lobed wheel adapted to be mounted to an agricultural platform for traversal of an agricultural field generally traverse to adjacent rows of planted crops without crushing the individual plants. The multi-lobed wheel having a wheel hub including a central axis on which the multi-lobed wheel is configured to rotate and a plurality of spaced apart lobes defining an outer perimeter configured to make ground engaging contact with the agricultural field, the outer perimeter including structure presenting a plurality of gaps between the plurality of spaced apart lobes, the gaps shaped and sized to provide sufficient clearance for individual plants within a planted crop row so as to enable the multi-lobed wheel to pass over a planted crop row without crushing the individual plants therein.

IPC Classes  ?

• B60B 19/00 - Wheels not otherwise provided for or having characteristics specified in one of the subgroups of this group
• A01B 21/04 - Harrows with rotary non-driven tools with tooth-like tools on horizontally-arranged axles
• A01B 39/12 - Other machines specially adapted for working soil on which crops are growing for special purposes
• A01B 21/08 - Harrows with rotary non-driven tools with disc-like tools
• A01B 39/18 - Other machines specially adapted for working soil on which crops are growing for special purposes for weeding

Abstract

A method of using an unmanned agricultural robot to generate an anticipatory geospatial data map of the positions of annual crop rows planted within a perimeter of an agricultural field, the method including the step of creating a geospatial data map of an agricultural field by plotting actual annual crop row positions in a portion of the geospatial data map that corresponds to a starting point observation window, and filling in a remainder of the geospatial data map with anticipated annual crop row positions corresponding to the annual crop rows outside of the starting point observation window, and refining the geospatial data map by replacing the anticipated annual crop row positions with measured actual annual crop row positions when an unexpected obstacle is encountered.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising
• G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
• G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
• A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing

Abstract

A method of using an unmanned agricultural robot to generate an anticipatory geospatial data map of the positions of annual crop rows planted within a perimeter of an agricultural field, the method including the step of creating a geospatial data map of an agricultural field by plotting actual annual crop row positions in a portion of the geospatial data map that corresponds to a starting point observation window, and filling in a remainder of the geospatial data map with anticipated annual crop row positions corresponding to the annual crop rows outside of the starting point observation window, and refining the geospatial data map by replacing the anticipated annual crop row positions with measured actual annual crop row positions when an unexpected obstacle is encountered.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising
• G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
• G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
• A01C 7/00 - Sowing
• A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
• A01B 79/00 - Methods for working soil
• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising
• A01C 7/08 - Broadcast seedersSeeders depositing seeds in rows
• A01C 15/00 - Fertiliser distributors
• A01C 23/02 - Special arrangements for delivering the liquid directly into the soil
• B25J 5/00 - Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages
• B64C 39/02 - Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
• G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
• A01C 23/00 - Distributing devices specially adapted for liquid manure or other fertilising liquid, including ammonia, e.g. transport tanks or sprinkling wagons
• B64D 47/08 - Arrangements of cameras

Abstract

A multi-lobed wheel adapted to be mounted to an agricultural platform for traversal of an agricultural field generally traverse to adjacent rows of planted crops without crushing the individual plants. The multi-lobed wheel having a wheel hub including a central axis on which the multi-lobed wheel is configured to rotate and a plurality of spaced apart lobes defining an outer perimeter configured to make ground engaging contact with the agricultural field, the outer perimeter including structure presenting a plurality of gaps between the plurality of spaced apart lobes, the gaps shaped and sized to provide sufficient clearance for individual plants within a planted crop row so as to enable the multi-lobed wheel to pass over a planted crop row without crushing the individual plants therein.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01B 39/12 - Other machines specially adapted for working soil on which crops are growing for special purposes
• B60B 19/00 - Wheels not otherwise provided for or having characteristics specified in one of the subgroups of this group
• A01B 21/04 - Harrows with rotary non-driven tools with tooth-like tools on horizontally-arranged axles
• A01B 21/08 - Harrows with rotary non-driven tools with disc-like tools
• A01B 39/18 - Other machines specially adapted for working soil on which crops are growing for special purposes for weeding

Abstract

An autonomous vehicle platform system and method configured to perform various in-season management tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field, while self-navigating between rows of planted crops and beneath the canopy of the planted crops on the uneven terrain of an agricultural field, allowing for an ideal in-season application of fertilizer to occur once the planted crop is well established and growing rapidly, in an effort to limit the loss of fertilizer.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 7/00 - Sowing
• A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising
• A01C 23/02 - Special arrangements for delivering the liquid directly into the soil
• A01B 19/00 - Harrows with non-rotating tools
• A01C 23/04 - Distributing under pressureDistributing mudAdaptation of watering systems for fertilising-liquids
• G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
• A01B 51/02 - Undercarriages specially adapted for mounting-on various kinds of agricultural tools or apparatus propelled by a motor
• A01C 7/06 - Seeders combined with fertilising apparatus

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
• A01C 7/00 - Sowing
• A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
• A01B 79/00 - Methods for working soil
• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising
• A01C 7/08 - Broadcast seedersSeeders depositing seeds in rows
• A01C 15/00 - Fertiliser distributors
• A01C 23/02 - Special arrangements for delivering the liquid directly into the soil
• B25J 5/00 - Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages
• B64C 39/02 - Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
• G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 11/00 - Transplanting machines
• A01C 11/02 - Transplanting machines for seedlings

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 11/02 - Transplanting machines for seedlings
• A01C 11/00 - Transplanting machines

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
• A01C 7/00 - Sowing
• A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
• A01B 79/00 - Methods for working soil
• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• B62D 6/00 - Arrangements for automatically controlling steering depending on driving conditions sensed and responded to, e.g. control circuits
• A01C 15/00 - Fertiliser distributors
• B62D 53/02 - Tractor-trailer combinationsRoad trains comprising a uniaxle tractor unit and a uniaxle trailer unit
• A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing

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.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 15/10 - Fertiliser distributors with distributing slots with pushers or stirrers in the slots with reciprocating pushers
• A01C 19/00 - Arrangements for driving working parts of fertilisers or seeders
• A01C 23/00 - Distributing devices specially adapted for liquid manure or other fertilising liquid, including ammonia, e.g. transport tanks or sprinkling wagons

Abstract

An autonomous vehicle platform system and method configured to perform various in-season management tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field, while self-navigating between rows of planted crops and beneath the canopy of the planted crops on the uneven terrain of an agricultural field, allowing for an ideal in-season application of fertilizer to occur once the planted crop is well established and growing rapidly, in an effort to limit the loss of fertilizer.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 21/00 - Methods of fertilising
• A01C 23/02 - Special arrangements for delivering the liquid directly into the soil

Abstract

An autonomous vehicle platform system and method configured to perform various in- season management tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field, while self-navigating between rows of planted crops and beneath the canopy of the planted crops on the uneven terrain of an agricultural field, allowing for an ideal in-season application of fertilizer to occur once the planted crop is well established and growing rapidly, in an effort to limit the loss of fertilizer.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 15/00 - Fertiliser distributors
• B25J 5/00 - Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages

Abstract

An autonomous vehicle platform system and method configured to perform various in- season management tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field, while self-navigating between rows of planted crops and beneath the canopy of the planted crops on the uneven terrain of an agricultural field, allowing for an ideal in-season application of fertilizer to occur once the planted crop is well established and growing rapidly, in an effort to limit the loss of fertilizer.

IPC Classes  ?

• B25J 5/00 - Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages
• A01C 15/00 - Fertiliser distributors

Goods & Services

Self-propelled automated agricultural implements and machinery for planting, fertilizing, spraying and monitoring plants, namely, seed drills and planters, fertilizer and chemical spreaders, injectors, distributors, sprayers, and applicators

Goods & Services

Crop sampling, testing, and evaluation equipment, namely, [automated soil sampling and collection devices, namely, tubular liners or tubular sleeves,] optical, electrical, and spectrometric detection devices, and soil and crop nutrient measurement and analysis devices