ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,414, issued on Feb. 4.
"Autonomous landscape irrigation apparatus" was invented by Aaron P. Katerberg (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous irrigation apparatus that employs various data from the ambient environment to inform water dispensing functionality to optimize water use has an above-ground, mobile, self-propelled, autonomous water delivery platform (e.g., a water delivery robot) that is connected to a water source from which it is able to draw a continuous supply of water for irrigating residential or commercial landscapes, lawns and/or gardens. The irrigation apparatus has a drive sub-system, an on...