Robotic apparatus and process for plant transplantation

Abstract

There is disclosed an automated system for multiple plant transplantation, comprising a first robotic apparatus for simultaneously picking up and placing 2n plants at a time from a first set of trays arriving from a grow room to a second set of trays for transplantation of the said plants; and a second robotic apparatus for placing the second set of trays comprising transplanted plants coming from a processing room in the grow room, and for picking up of the second set of trays from the grow room to the processing room for further transplantation, once the transplanted plants outgrow the second set of trays. Also disclosed is a process for multiple plant transplantation, the process comprising simultaneously picking up and placing 2n plants at a time from a first set of trays arriving from a grow room to a second set of trays.

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