MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531011184 A) filed by Siksha O Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, on Feb. 10, for 'hand-held plant saplings relocation device.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Anshuman Jena.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 28, under issue no. 48/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A hand-held plant saplings relocation device comprising a cylindrical body 101 with a handle 102 for user grip, and a free-end equipped with triangular-shaped pneumatic plates 108 for positioning around a plant sapling, an AI-based imaging unit 104 with an integrated processor captures images to generate a 3D map of the surroundings via a microcontroller, a touch interactive display panel 107 shows this map and allows user input for sapling location, activating a holographic projection unit 106 for precise positioning, a tactile sensor detects soil hardness, prompting the microcontroller to extend the plates 108 and actuate motorized hinge joints 110 to form an inverted conical structure for digging, a motorized circular slider 109 rotates the plates 108 to loosen soil, with a speaker 105 providing audio alerts for lifting, a pressure sensor on the handle 102 detects user-applied pressure, if below threshold, hydraulically operated pusher 103 assists in sapling extraction."
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