MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411011078 A) filed by Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, on Feb. 16, 2024, for 'automated mole trapping device for agricultural fields.'
Inventor(s) include Ajay Rastogi; and Ashutosh Awasthi.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated mole trapping device for agricultural fields, comprising a cuboidal shaped body 1 configured with telescopic rods 2 that provides support to body 1 on ground surface of agricultural field, a motorized omnidirectional wheel 3 is attached with each of rods 2 for providing movement to body 1, a thermal based imaging unit 4 for capturing thermal images of field, a tactile sensor for detecting hardness of surface, an electronic nozzle 5 connected with a water reservoir 6 assembled on body 1 for dispensing water on surface, a LiDAR sensor assembled on body 1 for detecting diameter of hole created by mole and a pair of motorized hinge joints 7 arranged on body 1 for providing movement to a pair of C-shaped plates 8 attached with joints 7 in order to penetrate plates 8 into hole that aids in trapping of mole between plates 8."
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