公开(公告)号：US09288938B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-22

申请号：US13837786

申请日：2013-03-15

Applicant: RowBot Systems LLC

Inventor： Kent Cavender-Bares ,  Charles C. Bares

IPC: A01C21/00 ,  A01C23/02

CPC classification number: A01B69/008 ,  A01B19/00 ,  A01B51/02 ,  A01C7/06 ,  A01C21/002 ,  A01C21/005 ,  A01C21/007 ,  A01C23/023 ,  A01C23/024 ,  A01C23/042 ,  A01C23/047 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  Y02P60/214 ,  Y02P60/215

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.

Abstract translation: 一种自主的车辆平台系统和方法，被配置为执行各种季节性管理任务，包括选择性地施用肥料，映射生长区域和播种覆盖作物在农业领域内，同时自行在种植作物的行之间并在种植的冠层之下 作物在农田不平坦的地形上，允许在种植作物良好建立和迅速增长之后出现理想的季节施用化肥，以限制肥料的损失。

公开(公告)号：US11673421B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US16538905

申请日：2019-08-13

Applicant: RowBot Systems LLC

Inventor： Kent Cavender-Bares ,  Matthew Camacho-Cook

IPC: B60B19/00 ,  A01B21/04 ,  A01B39/12 ,  A01B21/08 ,  A01B39/18

CPC classification number: B60B19/00 ,  A01B21/04 ,  A01B21/086 ,  A01B39/12 ,  A01B39/18

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.

公开(公告)号：US10528048B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US15408847

申请日：2017-01-18

Applicant: RowBot Systems LLC

Inventor： Kent Cavender-Bares

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  A01C7/00 ,  A01B69/04 ,  A01B79/00 ,  A01C21/00 ,  A01C7/08 ,  A01C15/00 ,  A01C23/02 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/02 ,  A01C23/00 ,  B64D47/08

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.

公开(公告)号：US10377170B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-13

申请号：US15180685

申请日：2016-06-13

Applicant: RowBot Systems LLC

Inventor： Kent Cavender-Bares ,  Matthew Camacho-Cook

IPC: A01B39/12 ,  B60B19/00 ,  A01B21/04 ,  A01B21/08 ,  A01B39/18

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.

公开(公告)号：US20250160244A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-22

申请号：US19031930

申请日：2025-01-18

Applicant: Rowbot Systems LLC

Inventor： Kent Cavender-Bares

IPC: A01C21/00 ,  A01B69/04 ,  G05D1/227 ,  G05D1/246

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.

公开(公告)号：US10123473B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

申请号：US15047076

申请日：2016-02-18

Applicant: RowBot Systems LLC

Inventor： Kent Cavender-Bares ,  Charles C. Bares

IPC: A01C7/00 ,  A01B69/04 ,  A01C21/00 ,  A01C23/02 ,  A01B19/00 ,  A01C23/04 ,  G05D1/00 ,  A01B51/02 ,  A01C7/06

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.

公开(公告)号：US09582002B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-28

申请号：US14994485

申请日：2016-01-13

Applicant: RowBot Systems LLC

Inventor： Kent Cavender-Bares

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  A01C7/00 ,  A01B69/04 ,  A01B79/00 ,  A01C21/00 ,  A01C7/08 ,  A01C15/00 ,  A01C23/02 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 ,  A01B51/02 ,  A01B69/008 ,  A01B79/005 ,  A01C7/00 ,  A01C7/004 ,  A01C7/06 ,  A01C7/085 ,  A01C15/00 ,  A01C21/002 ,  A01C23/008 ,  A01C23/024 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0231 ,  Y10S901/01

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.

Abstract translation: 一种自主车辆平台和系统，用于在农业领域中选择性地执行季节性管理任务，同时在各行种植作物之间自行进行，所述自主车辆平台具有车辆基座，该车辆基座的宽度尺寸被设计成能够通过第 两排种植作物，车辆基地具有季节性任务管理结构，其被配置为执行各种任务，包括选择性地施用肥料，测绘生长区和播种覆盖作物在农业领域内。

公开(公告)号：US12219893B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US17136284

申请日：2020-12-29

Applicant: RowBot Systems LLC

Inventor： Kent Cavender-Bares

IPC: A01C21/00 ,  A01B69/04 ,  G05D1/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220095527A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17497051

申请日：2021-10-08

Applicant: RowBot Systems LLC

Inventor： Kent Cavender-Bares ,  Charles C. Bares

IPC: A01B69/04 ,  A01C21/00 ,  A01C23/02 ,  A01B51/02 ,  A01C7/06 ,  A01B19/00 ,  A01C23/04 ,  G05D1/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US10070577B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-11

申请号：US15427265

申请日：2017-02-08

Applicant: RowBot Systems LLC

Inventor： Kent Cavender-Bares

IPC: A01C21/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: A01C21/005 ,  A01B69/008 ,  A01C21/007 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/021 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0201

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.