An autonomous farming system (26) comprising one or more ground-based drones (10) and one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (12), whose routes through a field are optimized by an autonomous farming control system (30) that utilizes linearly constrained integer quadratic programming. The farming system (26) is particularly suited for farming steep terrain that is not accessible to conventional farming equipment.
AUTONOMOUS ROBOT SYSTEM FOR STEEP TERRAIN FARMING OPERATIONS
2022-05-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | A01B SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY , Bodenbearbeitung in Land- oder Forstwirtschaft / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen |
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