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US 12,089,531 B2Granted
Automated harvesting of crops
AssigneeHarvest CROO, LLC
InventorRobert Pitzer
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Abstract
A system including a picking apparatus including at least two grippers. Each of the at least two grippers is configured to pick a respective individual crop of crops of a plant. The system is configured to move the at least two grippers of the picking apparatus in a rotational path. The system is configured to stop rotation of the picking apparatus when a first gripper of the at least two grippers is moved to a picking position along the rotational path. Other embodiments are described.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a picking apparatus comprising at least two grippers, each of the at least two grippers being configured to pick a respective individual crop of crops of a plant,
- wherein:
- the system is configured to rotate the picking apparatus around a rotational axis of the picking apparatus to move the at least two grippers of the picking apparatus in a rotational path centered on the rotational axis of the picking apparatus;
- and
- the system is configured to stop rotation of the picking apparatus when a first gripper of the at least two grippers is moved to a picking position along the rotational path.
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A method comprising:
- providing a system comprising a picking apparatus, the picking apparatus comprising at least two grippers, each of the at least two grippers being configured to pick a respective individual crop of crops of a plant;
- wherein:
- the system is configured to rotate the picking apparatus around a rotational axis of the picking apparatus to move the at least two grippers of the picking apparatus in a rotational path centered on the rotational axis of the picking apparatus;
- and
- the system is configured to stop rotation of the picking apparatus when a first gripper of the at least two grippers is moved to a picking position along the rotational path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.