Device for automated crop root sampling

This invention comprises a device for measuring root pulling force (RPF) in a plant. The RPF device comprises a plant grasping mechanism, as well as a force measurement sensor. In certain embodiments, the device is automatic, so that the "hand of man" is not required to exert force on the...

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Hauptverfasser:	McKay, John Keith, Alvarado, Caleb Andrew, Turner, Christopher Wayne, Whitehill, Bryce Conrad, Palmiscno, Kyle Joseph, Babbitt, Guy R
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ANIMAL HUSBANDRY CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES FISHING FORESTRY HAND TOOLS HARVESTING HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MANIPULATORS MEASURING MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER,MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE MOWING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION TESTING TRANSPORTING TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:	This invention comprises a device for measuring root pulling force (RPF) in a plant. The RPF device comprises a plant grasping mechanism, as well as a force measurement sensor. In certain embodiments, the device is automatic, so that the "hand of man" is not required to exert force on the plant while the root pulling force of the plant is being measured. Also disclosed is a root pulling force motion mechanism, which brings the RPF device into proximity of a plant to be measured. Further disclosed is a method for measuring root pulling force of a plant.