MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641051676 A) filed by Sr University, Warangal, Telangana, on April 23, for 'robotic system and method for automated orchard pruning.'
Inventor(s) include Ms. Pooja Srivastav; Mr. T. Sai Krishna Reddy; and Dr. Tithli Sadhu.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated orchard pruning system (100) mounted on a tractor-supported structure is disclosed. The system (100) comprising a vision sensing unit (102) to scan a canopy of trees and generate image data, a robotic arm (104) to position a cutting tool (106) to cut the target branch...