US Patent Issued to Georgia Southem University Research and Service Foundation, B&L Naval Stores on Dec. 9 for "Autonomous robotic forest rover for automated resin collection" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,692, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Georgia Southem University Research and Service Foundation Inc. and B&L Naval Stores Inc..

"Autonomous robotic forest rover for automated resin collection" was invented by Vladimir Gurau (Statesboro, Ga.) and Lloyd Busby (Hinesville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are robotic systems and methods for identifying a particular type of tree or plant (e.g., slash pine trees), for tapping them and collect their oleoresin for processing using an autonomous, long-range robotic forest rover. One aspect of the system comprises an autonomous vehicle equipped with an industrial robot, automated ...