Methods and systems for maintenance and other processing of container-grown plants using autonomous mobile robots

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8676425
APP PUB NO 20130110341A1
SERIAL NO

13287612

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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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HARVEST AUTOMATION INC85 RANGEWAY ROAD BLDG 3 SUITE #210 BILLERICA MA 01862

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Grinnell, Charles M Arlington, US 23 2130
Jones, Joseph L Acton, US 90 14961
Sandin, Paul E Brookline, US 58 7874
Vu, Clara Cambridge, US 92 6049

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