ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,708, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to METOMOTION LTD. (Misgav, Israel).

"Autonomous system for automatic picking and boxing of fruits and method of maneuvering same" was invented by Adi Nir (Sarid, Israel), Mor Baum (Tzippori, Israel), Anton Avstreih (Beit Alpha, Israel), Adi Cohen (Afula, Israel) and Dor Lavi (Beit Zaid, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous system for automatic picking and boxing of fruits is disclosed. The system may include a movable picking unit, comprising: a first movable platform; one or more robotic arms connected to the movable platform; and a fruit conveyor. Each robotic arm may be config...