Device for automatically picking up objects
OwnerAndre Colensinventor
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Abstract
A system for picking up golf balls over a golf practice green consists of an automatic mobile machine equipped with a motor and a power source, for example a rechargeable battery, and provided with an onboard computer. The machine carries a mechanical device for gripping and storing the golf balls in a container, a device for emptying such container, a device for detecting the limits of the surface for picking up. The system further comprise at least a station for discharging the balls picked up and preferably a station for recharging the rechargeable batteries. Both stations are advantageously integrated to each other.
Claims6
A system for picking up and collecting golf balls, in a golf practice without interrupting the players comprising an automatic mobile machine provided with an on-board computer and a power source, said machine having mechanical means to pick up and store said golf balls, the machine being programmed to move in a substantially random said golf practice to pick up and store said golf balls, in a container and to return, and automatically unload, by gravity action, the golf balls, at a station, said station being provided with recharging means for said power source wherein the machine is also programmed to switch to a mode where a systematic path is followed to cover a whole surface to be totally clear of balls.
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