US 11,910,760 B2
Watering robot and associated watering system
Christoph Schenk, Oberdischingen (DE); Rainer Kaupp, Blaubeuren (DE); Rudolf Pfau, Erolzheim (DE); and Florian Soor, Günzburg (DE)
Assigned to HUSQVARNA AB, Huskvarna (SE)
Appl. No. 18/035,621
Filed by HUSQVARNA AB, Huskvarna (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/064816
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/096159, PCT Pub. Date May 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20206106 (EP), filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389490 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 25/09 (2006.01); A01D 43/14 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 25/09 (2013.01) [A01D 43/14 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watering system comprising:
one or more water supplying units configured to operate within a region;
a watering robot including:
an irrigation controller configured to operate within the region;
a connector portion coupled to a body of the watering robot, wherein the connector portion is adapted to couple with the one or more water supplying units and receive water from the one or more water supplying units;
a sensor configured to detect the one more water supplying units within the region, the watering robot selectively integrating with the one or more water supplying units based on the detection by the sensor,
wherein the watering robot is configured to automatically couple with the one or more water supplying units through the connector portion,
wherein an actuator of the watering robot at least partially lifts up the watering robot with respect to a ground surface of the region to irrigate at least a part of the region,
wherein during lift up of the watering robot, the actuator allows the connector portion to change its length such that the watering robot lifts up.