Horticulture apparatus and method

This invention describes an automated system for harvesting plants. It features a robotic arm, called a gantry, that moves over a bed where plants are grown. This gantry is equipped with a motor, a specialized harvesting tool—specifically a horizontal blade—and a bin to collect the cut plants, designed to simultaneously cut and collect as it moves.

Why it matters: The precision needed for robotic harvesting, especially with a horizontal blade, was challenging in 2020. Advances in machine vision and AI since then could make the controller's task of accurately identifying and cutting plants far more robust and efficient.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedSoftware logic, precise robotics, control system

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