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Intelligent grounds management system integrating robotic rover

  • US 9,804,604 B2
  • Filed: 08/14/2014
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • sensor equipment including one or more sensors disposed on a parcel of land;

    task performance equipment configured to perform a task on the parcel, the task being associated with generating a result that is enabled to be monitored via the sensor equipment;

    a yard maintenance manager configured to interface with the sensor equipment and the task performance equipment to compare measured conditions with predefined conditions to direct operation of the task performance equipment; and

    a robot configured to work the parcel, wherein the robot performs at least one of;

    acting as one of the one or more sensors,acting as a device of the task performance equipment, orinteracting with the sensor equipment or the task performance equipment,wherein the yard maintenance manager comprises processing circuitry configured to store map data descriptive of zones of the parcel such that each of the zones is defined by a corresponding geographic description relative to the map data,wherein each of the zones is associated with plant data corresponding to at least one plant within a respective one of the zones,wherein the plant data defines desirable parameters for growth of the at least one plant, andwherein the sensor equipment receives power and is powered from the robot responsive to the robot passing within a predetermined distance of respective devices of the sensor equipment.

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