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Robotic watering unit

  • US 8,028,470 B2
  • Filed: 04/21/2009
  • Issued: 10/04/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for autonomous watering of plants, the system comprising:

  • a machine controller capable of controlling at least one mobile utility vehicle for executing a water solution application plan, wherein the machine controller includes a structured light generator processor;

    a link to a data source capable of receiving information about current constraints; and

    a watering unit connected to a processing system, wherein the processing system controls the watering unit to execute the water solution application plan, and wherein the watering unit is connected to a water supplier that carries watering solution from a supply source of the watering solution to the watering unit, and wherein the structured light generator processor is capable of monitoring a path of the water supplier by identifying a current location of the water supplier relative to a current location of the mobile utility vehicle, and wherein the machine controller identifies a next location for the mobile utility vehicle and plans a route to the next location that keeps the water supplier traveling along with the mobile utility vehicle, and wherein the machine controller adjusts the water solution application plan in response to a determination by the structured light generator processor that the water supplier is not traveling along with the mobility vehicle in order to resolve an issue that prevents the water supplier from traveling along with the mobility vehicle.

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