INTEGRATED AGRICULTURE ROBOT FOR PANOPTIC AUTOMATION OF COTTON CULTIVATION

Fecha de publicación: 01/07/2022
Fuente: Wipo "precision farming"
ABSTRACTTitle: Integrated Agriculture Robot for Panoptic Automation of Cotton cultivationPresent invention is related to smart and precision farming, more particularly the invention is related to agriculture sector targeted for panoptic (comprehensive) automation involving advanced robotics computer vision, edge computing and artificial Intelligence. The system of the present invention Integrated Agriculture Robot comprise of at least one Intelligent Seed Sowing System module (ISSS), at least one Intelligent Weed Management System module (IWMS), at least one Intelligent Crop Monitoring System module (ICMS), at least one Intelligent Cotton-Picking System module (ICPS) and at least one Robot frame. The Robot frame comprises of XYZ gantry constituted of X, Y, Z axis arms. First end of the Z axis arm is connected to belt driven mechanism driven by stepper motor for movement of Z axis arm. The second end of Z axis is configured to hold at least one seed and fertilizer dispensing mechanism, at least one chemical dispensing mechanism and at least one cotton-picking mechanism depending upon desired functionality of Integrated Agriculture Robot. Ref. Fig.: FIG. 4A