MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611106854 A) filed by Gna University on September 04, 2026, for Autonomous Rice Transplanting Device.
Inventors include Dr. Chitta Ranjan Tripathy; Dr. Arvind Katyayn; Vishal Sharma; Gagandeep Singh; Komal Saini; Sanjana Kumari; Ritika Rani; and Sukhman Kaur.
The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.
Abstract: An autonomous rice transplanting device, comprising a chassis 101 having at least two primary drive wheels 102 for providing mobility, an internal combustion engine 103 coupled to a hydraulic pump forming a hydrostatic transmission assembly to convert engine power into regulated hydraulic fluid flow, a plurality of hydraulic motors 201 to drive the primary drive wheels 102, a planting assembly 104 to transplant rice seedlings in multiple rows, a sapling pickup arrangement to extract seedlings from a tray 106 provided with the chassis 101 and insert them into soil at predefined spacing intervals, a navigation module comprising an RTK-GPS module to provide high precision positional data for field navigation, a sensor fusion module comprising an inertial measurement unit and wheel encoders to determine orientation and displacement correction, a control unit configured for path planning and trajectory correction, and a buoyancy assisted flotation arrangement 202 to enhance stability in waterlogged field.
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