MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611106835 A) filed by Chitkara University on September 04, 2026, for Autonomous Pollination System For Greenhouse Agriculture And Method Thereof.
Inventors include Dr. Pooja Badotra; Mohit Sharma; Dr. Ayush Dogra; and Pooja Kumari.
The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.
Abstract: An autonomous pollination system for greenhouse agriculture and method thereof, comprises a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicle 101 to autonomously navigate within a greenhouse, a mapping unit to generate a three-dimensional map of the greenhouse and determine navigation paths for the plurality of vehicles 101, a flower detection and classification unit to detect flowers and determine a flower position, flowering stage, maturity, orientation, and accessibility, a swarm AI (Artificial intelligence) controller to allocate detected flowers and greenhouse regions among plurality of vehicles 101 based on at least the flower position, pollination priority, navigation route, and battery status, a robotic pollination unit including a robotic end effector 204, a flexible silicone pollinator 205, and a pollen reservoir 206 approaches detected flower, dispense pollen, and apply controlled vibration to flower, and a pollination quality verification unit to inspect flower after pollination and determine pollen deposition, stigma coverage, flower deformation, and pollination completeness.
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