A field cart for using in a crop field having crop beds and furrows includes a base frame assembly having upper frames, lower frames, and connecting frames, which are arranged and connected between the upper frames and lower frames, and two or more wheels rotatably connected to the lower frames. The field cart further includes a chair and at least one tub attached to the upper frames. The chair and the tub are positioned at a same level in the field cart. The level of the chair and tub is higher than the depth of the furrow in the field.

A method of manufacturing and using a five-device-in-one multi-function multi-orientation interchangeable reversible cantilever-stanchion carapace system comprises the steps of: sewing said at least one first three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel and said at least one second three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel together such that said at least one water-directing-and-ejecting ball-directing-and-ejecting fruit-directing-and-ejecting transverse seam and said at least one water-directing-and-ejecting ball-directing-and-ejecting fruit-directing-and-ejecting cross-cutting seam are formed therebetween for converging rain water therein to repeatedly change the direction of rain water to decelerate the flowing speed of rain water to reduce water splash to avoid damaging irrigated vegetables, for converging harvested fruits therein to repeatedly change the direction of harvested fruits to decelerate the rolling speed of harvested fruits to reduce fruit bruises to avoid throwing away bruised fruits, for converging harvested nuts therein to repeatedly change the direction of harvested nuts to decelerate the rolling speed of harvested nuts to reduce nut bruises to avoid throwing away bruised nuts, for converging catched balls therein to repeatedly change the direction of catched balls to decelerate the rolling speed of catched balls to reduce ball damages to avoid throwing away damaged balls, for directing rain water therealong, for directing harvested fruits therealong, for directing harvested nuts therealong, for directing game balls therealong, for forming a collecting cistern to collect rain water to irrigate garden, for forming a diverting gutter to collect rain water to discharge said rain water away from house balcony and foundation, for forming a collecting device to collect harvested fruits to save labor and time, for forming a collecting device to collect harvested nuts to save labor and time, for forming a collecting device to collect game balls to save labor and time, for forming a tonneau cover for a truck bed, for forming a shade cover, for forming a free-standing projector screen, for forming a hitch-mountable projector screen, and for forming a sports-ball blocking device; attaching said at least one first three-dimensional-contour-conforming carapace dome panel to said interchangeable splines for converging rain water therein, for converging harvested fruits therein, for converging harvested nuts therein, for converging catched balls therein, for guiding rain water down along said carapace-supporting angled arm and down along said multi-height-adjustable carapace stanchion, for guiding fruits down along said cara

A crop-extraction system includes a crop-conveying medium, a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles tethered together and configured to suspend the crop-conveying medium in air, and at least one crop-extraction device configured to extract crop and transfer the crop to the crop-conveying medium. Other crop-extraction systems include a ground vehicle carrying a storage bin, a crop-conveying medium coupled to the ground vehicle, and an unmanned aerial vehicle coupled to the crop-conveying medium and configured to extract crop and transfer the crop to the crop-conveying medium for deposit into the storage bin. Related methods are also disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to a method of anomaly detection using a trained artificial neural network (502) configured to implement at least an auto-associative function for replicating an input data sample at one or more outputs (A), the method comprising: a) injecting an input data sample into the trained artificial neural network (502) in order to generate a first replicated sample at the one or more outputs (A); b) performing at least one reinjection operation; c) computing a first parameter based on a distance between a value of an nth replicated sample present at the one or more outputs and a value of one of the previously injected or reinjected values; and d) comparing the first parameter with a first threshold (), and processing the input data sample as an anomalous data sample if the first threshold is exceeded.

Provided is a fruit and vegetable harvesting device (10) for harvesting a fruit or vegetable (1) connected to a branch (3) via a pedicel (2). The fruit and vegetable harvesting device (10) includes: a harvesting hand (11) including a holding unit (12) having a suction pad (15) for holding the fruit or vegetable (1) and a finger unit (21) that can abut on the pedicel (2); and a robot arm (31) that turns the harvesting hand (11) to cause the finger unit (21) abutting on the pedicel (2) to press the pedicel (2).

Provided is a fruit and vegetable harvesting device (10) for harvesting a fruit or vegetable (1) connected to a branch (3) via a pedicel (2). The fruit and vegetable harvesting device (10) includes: a harvesting hand (11) including a holding unit (12) having a suction pad (15) for holding the fruit or vegetable (1) and a finger unit (21) that can abut on the pedicel (2); and a robot arm (31) that turns the harvesting hand (11) to cause the finger unit (21) abutting on the pedicel (2) to press the pedicel (2).

A robotic fruit picking system includes an autonomous robot that includes a positioning subsystem that enables autonomous positioning of the robot using a computer vision guidance system. The robot also includes at least one picking arm and at least one picking head, or other type of end effector, mounted on each picking arm to either cut a stem or branch for a specific fruit or bunch of fruits or pluck that fruit or bunch. A computer vision subsystem analyses images of the fruit to be picked or stored and a control subsystem is programmed with or learns picking strategies using machine learning techniques. A quality control (QC) subsystem monitors the quality of fruit and grades that fruit according to size and/or quality. The robot has a storage subsystem for storing fruit in containers for storage or transportation, or in punnets for retail.

This invention is a configurable ground utility robot GURU having at least the following parts: an all-terrain mobile apparatus; a payload accepting apparatus; an onboard processor; at least one sensor that communicates with said onboard processor; at least one energy beam payload device connectable to the payload accepting apparatus, capable of creating an energy beam having enough power to elevate an internal temperature of a subject when the energy beam is focused on the subject and where the energy beam payload device communicates with the onboard processor and where the ground utility robot also has a computer program that at least performs the following functions: receives and interprets data from the at least one sensor; controls the mobile apparatus; focuses the at least one energy beam on the subject; and controls the beam strength and time duration.

A device for picking fruit is provided with an optical detection means and a robot arm, fitted with a gripper mechanism. The processing unit actuates the robot arm to make the gripper mechanism move about the piece of fruit to be picked from below. Once grasped, the piece of fruit to be picked is rotated in such a way about a substantially horizontal axis that the stalk of the piece of fruit comes away from the plant.

A device for picking fruit is provided with an optical detection means and a robot arm, fitted with a gripper mechanism. The processing unit actuates the robot arm to make the gripper mechanism move about the piece of fruit to be picked from below. Once grasped, the piece of fruit to be picked is rotated in such a way about a substantially horizontal axis that the stalk of the piece of fruit comes away from the plant.