Robotic cultivator

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1993-03-16

1995-08-15

Powell, Mark R.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

36442402, 36441313, G06F 1520

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054425522

ABSTRACT:
A robotic cultivator is provided for automatically positioning cultivation tools relative to a centerline of a plant row. The cultivator comprises a video camera for gathering visual information about plants in a plant row. A frame grabber is then utilized to generate a digitized image of the visual information. A computer then manipulates the visual information to determine a centerline of the plant row. Finally, a positioning device moves the cultivation tools based upon the current position of the tools with respect to the centerline.

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