US 11,927,968 B2
Autonomous agriculture platform
David Russell Krog, Des Moines, IA (US); Benjamin Lee Krog, Des Moines, IA (US); and Saeed Arabi, Ames, IA (US)
Assigned to SALIN 247, INC., Ames, IA (US)
Filed by Salin 247, Inc., Ames, IA (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,112.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/262,222, filed on Oct. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112003 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01B 59/06 (2006.01); A01B 79/02 (2006.01); A01C 7/04 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B62D 21/14 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); A01B 63/10 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0225 (2013.01) [A01B 59/06 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01B 79/02 (2013.01); A01C 7/042 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60L 53/80 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B62D 21/14 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/446 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); A01B 63/1006 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for autonomous agricultural operations, the device comprising:
a toolbar to which a plurality of implements are interchangeably coupled;
a pair of parallel chassis beams mounted perpendicularly on an underside of the toolbar, wherein at least a portion of each of the chassis beams are telescopic and configured to be extended outward from, and retracted inward towards, the toolbar;
a plurality of drive assemblies each mounted on one of the chassis beams;
a plurality of motors corresponding to the plurality of drive assemblies and configured to drive the corresponding drive assemblies in accordance with one or more drive parameters to move the device throughout a site; and
a computing device comprising at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform operations, including automatically determining the one or more drive parameters, and causing the plurality of motors to drive the corresponding drive assemblies in accordance with the one or more drive parameters.