Methods and systems for maintenance and other processing of container-grown plants using autonomous mobile robots
First Claim
1. A system for processing container-grown plants positioned in a given area, comprising:
- (a) a processing station positioned in the given area for processing the container-grown plants, the processing station comprising a physical structure that is configured to perform a given processing operation on the container-grown plants, wherein the physical structure is autonomous and automatically operates; and
(b) one or more autonomous mobile container handling robots configured to;
(i) travel to a source location in the given area and pick up a container-grown plant,(ii) transport the container-grown plant to the processing station where the given processing operation is performed on the container-grown plant,(iii) transport the container-grown plant from the processing station to a destination location in the given area,(iv) deposit the container-grown plant at the destination location, and(v) repeat (i) through (iv) for a set of container-grown plants in the source location.
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Abstract
A system is provided for processing container-grown plants positioned in a given area. The system includes a processing station positioned in the area for processing the container-grown plants. It also includes one or more autonomous mobile container handling robots configured to: (i) travel to a source location in the area and pick up a container-grown plant, (ii) transport the container-grown plant to the processing station where a process is performed on the container-grown plant, (iii) transport the container-grown plant from the processing station to a destination location in the area, (iv) deposit the container-grown plant at the destination location, and (v) repeat (i) through (iv) for a set of container-grown plants in the source location.
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1. A system for processing container-grown plants positioned in a given area, comprising:
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(a) a processing station positioned in the given area for processing the container-grown plants, the processing station comprising a physical structure that is configured to perform a given processing operation on the container-grown plants, wherein the physical structure is autonomous and automatically operates; and (b) one or more autonomous mobile container handling robots configured to; (i) travel to a source location in the given area and pick up a container-grown plant, (ii) transport the container-grown plant to the processing station where the given processing operation is performed on the container-grown plant, (iii) transport the container-grown plant from the processing station to a destination location in the given area, (iv) deposit the container-grown plant at the destination location, and (v) repeat (i) through (iv) for a set of container-grown plants in the source location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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