MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611049434 A) filed by Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University, Gurugram, Haryana, on April 17, for 'autonomous planting device.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Sucheta Dahiya; Sameer Jakhar; and Piyush Jakhar.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An autonomous planting device, comprising a wearable backpack body 101 supports a seed and fertilizer container 102 and includes a drill shaft 103 extending from a lower portion of the body 101, terminating in a quick-swap tip assembly 104 configured to penetrate a soil substrate, a tip carousel 105 is housed within the lower portion of the body 101 and contains a plurality of interchangeable drill tips 106, a trailing verification tine assembly is pivotally mounted ahead of the drill shaft 103, housing a plurality of soil sensors and treatment dispensing nozzles, a peristaltic dosing pump 110, connected to the container 102 via a flexible delivery tube 111, dispenses discrete doses of material, a gyro stabilizer assembly 118 with an inertial sensing unit counterbalances user posture, an acoustic verification sensor confirms seed drop, and a wireless communication module coordinates planting paths."
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