US 12,439,896 B2
Robotic system and method for application of health-based product
Gerald William Hayes, Jr., Mansfield, OH (US); Hadley Arch, Stow, OH (US); and Nathan Sterrett, Kent, OH (US)
Assigned to Bee Advantage LLC, Mansfield, OH (US)
Filed by Bee Advantage LLC, Mansfield, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/901,525.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/586,457, filed on Sep. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0107511 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. A01K 51/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 51/00 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic system for delivery of a health-based product to a beehive entrance, comprising:
a movable frame;
a navigation system disposed on the movable frame and configured to determine a location of the beehive entrance;
a product tank disposed on the movable frame, the product tank configured to hold the health-based product;
a boom disposed on the movable frame, the boom configured to extend and retract relative to the movable frame;
an applicator coupled to the boom, the applicator including a dispensing end, the applicator in fluid communication with the product tank; and
a controller in communication with the movable frame, the navigation system, the boom, and the applicator, the controller configured to:
position the movable frame adjacent the beehive entrance,
extend the boom to dispose the dispensing end of the applicator through the beehive entrance,
deliver the health-based product through the beehive entrance when the applicator is disposed through the beehive entrance, and
retract the boom to withdraw the applicator from the beehive entrance.