ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,175, issued on March 3, was assigned to GEA Farm Technologies GmbH (Bonen, Germany).
"Driving robot for agricultural tasks" was invented by Alexander Schwenker (Schwerte, Germany) and Tobias Haupt (Unna, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving robot for agricultural tasks includes a chassis and a functional unit mounted on the chassis. The chassis provides supports carrying the functional unit. A force sensor is provided for at least one of the supports, which detects a force exerted by the functional unit on the chassis."
The patent was filed on Nov. 15, 2022, under Application No. 18/713,231.
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