MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541019304 A) filed by Jain Deemed-To-Be University on March 04, 2025, for Automated Water Chestnut Fruits Plucking Device.
Inventor includes Dr. Ramachandran T.
The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.
Abstract: An automated water chestnut fruits plucking device, comprises of a curved-hollow frame 101 having an outer surface designed to be submerged in water, multiple motorized propellers 102 installed on the frame 101 for providing movement to the frame 101 in order to move towards the user-specified area, an imaging unit 103 synced with an optical sensor mounted over the frame 101 to identify and differentiate chestnuts from other objects in the water, a motorized cutting unit 105 for cutting the chestnut from roots of the chestnut nut, a motorized tweezer 107 to grip and position the chestnut fruit inside a chamber configured on the frame 101 , a dust sensor embedded on the chamber for detecting presence of dust/ dirt over the chestnut fruit, and color sensor embedded on the vessel 109 for detecting distinctive color of the chestnuts, in order to identify and classify different chestnut types.
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