MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621023882 A) filed by Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, on Feb. 27, for 'autonomous sugarcane farming system.'
Inventor(s) include Ayush Gour; Sukhdeep Kaur; Rajkumar Rajbhar; Deep Dave; and Dr. Sanket Badiyani.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An autonomous sugarcane farming system, comprising a cuboidal shaped bot 101, a plurality of motorized omnidirectional wheels 102 to enable movement in any direction, a rotary encoder to monitor speed, direction, and distance travelled, an environmental sensing module to enable unobstructed exposure to ambient conditions, an ambient temperature sensor to detect atmospheric temperature, a humidity sensor to detect atmospheric moisture levels, a barometric pressure sensor to monitor pressure variation, a GPS module to track the bot's position and guide movement within the farm, a soil testing arrangement to analyze soil conditions, a multi-sectioned compartment 105 to store nutrients, pesticides, and insecticides, an extendible conduits 106 for dispensing respective material, a crop monitoring arrangement to monitor leaf color, plant height, canopy density, and overall growth uniformity, and a solenoid valve 107 for controlled dispensing of stored material."
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