Method for working a plot of land by at least two agricultural robots
US12382852B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/693
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for working a plot of land simultaneously by agricultural robots in accordance with instructions and/or commands transmitted by a common central management and control system, the method including: subdividing the plot of land to be worked into distinct work zones as strips having respective ends at the two opposite extremities thereof, and into a turn zone extending along the various opposite ends of the trips; subdividing each turn zone into turn portions, each of which faces and continues from one of the two ends of one of the strips forming work zones; and assigning a fraction of a turn portion to the robot that either is about to pass or is in the process of passing through the designated turn portion, or is going to start, is in the process of completing or going to complete work in the work zone associated with the designated turn portion.
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