MUMBAI, India, Nov. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641128913 A) filed by Kcg College Of Technology on October 29, 2026, for Design And Implementation Of Autonomous Rover For Tomato Harvesting.
Inventors include M. D. Guru Vikraman; M. Nishanth; and Dr. K. Gobivel.
The application for the patent was published on November 06, 2026, under issue no. 45/2026.
Abstract: [008] ABSTRACT This project presents the design and development of an autonomous robot capable of navigating tomato fields and selectively harvesting ripe tomatoes. The system utilizes the advanced YOL0v8 deep learning model to analyze images captured by an onboard camera and identify the ripeness of tomatoes in real time. Based on matur...