Provided is a transplanting device for performing transplanting between a plurality of culture medium boards cultivating a plurality of plants planted in an aligned manner. The transplanting device includes a transplanting mechanism for transplanting the plants, where the transplanting mechanism performs alternately a step of arranging plants having been arranged in a grid form on a culture medium board of a transplanting source, into a zigzag form on a culture medium board of a transplanting destination, and a step of arranging plants having been arranged in a zigzag form on a culture medium board of a transplanting source, into a grid form on a culture medium board of a transplanting destination.

Provided is a transplanting device for performing transplanting between a plurality of culture medium boards cultivating a plurality of plants planted in an aligned manner. The transplanting device includes a transplanting mechanism for transplanting the plants, where the transplanting mechanism performs alternately a step of arranging plants having been arranged in a grid form on a culture medium board of a transplanting source, into a zigzag form on a culture medium board of a transplanting destination, and a step of arranging plants having been arranged in a zigzag form on a culture medium board of a transplanting source, into a grid form on a culture medium board of a transplanting destination.

An apparatus useful in the transplantation of plants. The apparatus for transplanting plants comprises a transplanting module configured to transplant a plurality of plants in a row.

An apparatus useful in the transplantation of plants. The apparatus for transplanting plants comprises a transplanting module configured to transplant a plurality of plants in a row.

The present invention relates to the technical field of hydroponic culture, in particular to an auxiliary root placement device for hydroponic transplanting. The auxiliary root placement device includes an underframe, a repeated horizontal moving mechanism, a jacking mechanism and a vacuum adsorption mechanism, wherein the repeated horizontal moving mechanism is disposed on the underframe, the jacking mechanism is slidingly connected with the underframe, an output end of the repeated horizontal moving mechanism is fixedly connected with the jacking mechanism, an output end of the jacking mechanism is fixedly connected with the vacuum adsorption mechanism. In the present invention, the jacking mechanism is pushed by the repeated horizontal moving mechanism to drive the vacuum adsorption mechanism to move directly below the cultivation hole on the cultivation plate, and then the vacuum adsorption mechanism is driven to rise upwards by the jacking mechanism, so that the output end of the vacuum adsorption mechanism touches the root hairs of the hydroponic plant through the cultivation hole to adsorb the root hairs tightly to the vacuum suction rod, and then retracts through the jacking mechanism, so that the root hairs smoothly pass through the cultivation hole without being stuck on the cultivation plate, resulting in rotting of the root hairs, and thus ensuring the stable growth of the hydroponic plants.

An independently automated mechanical transplanter assemblage for ejecting plants into the soil is shown and described. The mechanical transplanter includes a plurality of mechanical transplanter units mounted to a frame. Each mechanical transplanter unit will include a plant tray indexing vertically and horizontally for presenting plants to a grabber having a plurality of forks. The grabber and forks thereon will be able to swing into a horizontal position for advancing in a linear motion to grip and retract plants from cells in a tray. The grabber will also be configured to swing the forks into an approximate vertical plane for ejecting each independently held plant down a funnel into a planting shoe for delivery into an open row in the soil. Other embodiments of the device are also disclosed.

An autonomous travel system equipped with a first travel route creation unit, a second travel route creation unit, a linked route creation unit, and a storage unit. The first travel route creation unit is capable of creating a first travel route. The second travel route creation unit is capable of creating a second travel route. The linked route creation unit has a function for creating the second travel route in conjunction with the creation of the first travel route by the first travel route creation unit and/or a function for creating the first travel route in conjunction with the creation of the second travel route by the second travel route creation unit. The storage unit stores, in association with each other, the travel route created by the first travel route creation unit or the second travel route creation unit, and the travel route created by the linked route creation unit.

This autonomous traveling system is provided with a path preparation unit, a forward movement control unit, a backward movement control unit, and a turn control unit. The path preparation unit prepares a plurality of straight line paths. The forward movement control unit causes a rice planting machine to execute work and simultaneously causes the rice planting machine to travel along a straight line path by performing at least autonomous steering. After an operator has stopped the rice planting machine traveling toward an edge of a field, the backward movement control unit causes the rice planting machine to travel backward in an autonomous manner or in accordance with operation by the operator, without causing the rice planting machine to execute any work. On conditions that, after the rice planting machine moving backward by the backward movement control unit has stopped in an autonomous manner or in accordance with operation by the operator and an instruction for forward movement has been provided by the operator, the turn control unit causes the rice planting machine to turn toward a predetermined straight line path by performing at least autonomous steering without causing the rice planting machine to execute any work.

An agricultural machine system for performing agricultural tasks in a in a field on which plants are planted or will be planted in a pattern, the system comprising: a prime mover; a tool bar connected to the prime mover; a plurality of units attached to the tool bar, the units configured to perform at least one agricultural tasks and wherein at least two of the units are disposed in an offset relationship from each other with respect to a forward direction of travel of the agricultural machine about the tool bar; and a control unit in communication with the prime mover and the plurality of units, the control unit configured to determine a selective location corresponding to the pattern in which plants are planted or will be planted and activate the units at the selective location to perform the at least one agricultural task as the agricultural machine system travels along a plurality of rows.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for transplanting slips with an automated slip transplanter. The transplanter comprises a planter unit, a singulation unit, a conveyor belt, a node sensor, and a controller. The planter unit is configured to plant consistent rows of evenly spaced slips in a field. The singulation unit comprises automated grippers and slip cartridges, and is configured to continuously singulate harvested slips stored in the slip cartridges. The conveyor belt is configured to receive the singulated slips from the automated grippers with brushed holders, and transfer the received slips on a belt to the planter unit. The node sensor is configured to autonomously collect performance data of the singulated slips in real-time. The controller is communicatively coupled to the node sensor, and configured to implement operational modes and dynamically adjust a planting slip rate based on the operational modes and performance data collected by the node sensor.