Adaptable container handling system

An adaptable plant container handling robot comprising:

• a chassis;
• a container lift mechanism moveable with respect to the robot chassis for retrieving at least one container in a field at a first location;
• a drive subsystem for maneuvering the chassis to transport the container to a second location;
• a boundary sensing subsystem;
• a container detection subsystem;
• and
• a controller receiving outputs from and being responsive to the boundary sensing subsystem and the container detection subsystem, said controller comprising one or more processors programmed with logic instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• control the drive subsystem to follow a boundary once intercepted until a container at the second location is detected and turn until another container is detected, and
• control the container lift mechanism to place a transported container proximate the second detected container.

An adaptable object handling system comprising:

• a boundary subsystem;
• and
• one or more of robots each including:
• a chassis,
• a lift mechanism moveable with respect to the robot chassis for transporting at least one object,
• a drive subsystem for maneuvering the chassis,
• a boundary sensing subsystem,
• an object detection subsystem, and
• a controller receiving outputs from and being responsive to the boundary sensing subsystem and the object detection subsystem, said controller comprising one or more processors programmed with logic instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• control the drive subsystem to follow a boundary once intercepted until an object is detected and turn until another object is detected, and
• control the lift mechanism to place a transported object proximate the second detected object.