Abstract: A system for reducing or preventing plugging of an agricultural implement includes a disk blade configured to rotate relative to soil within a field as the agricultural implement travels across the field. Furthermore, the system includes an electrode embedded within the disk blade. Additionally, the system includes a sensor configured to generate data indicative of a soil moisture content of a portion of the field and a computing system communicatively coupled to the sensor. As such, the computing system is configured to determine the soil moisture content of the field based on the data generated by the sensor. Moreover, the computing system is configured to control a flow of electricity at least one of to or from the electrode based on the determined soil moisture content such that an electric field is induced on at least a portion of a surface of the disk blade.

Abstract: A method for controlling a three-point hitch, having left and right lower linkages with each pivotably linked to a tractor-side support structure in a first end region and each having a coupling element for attaching accessory equipment in a second end region, includes pivoting the lower linkages via a lifting mechanism which lifts and lowers the coupling elements with respect to the ground, and activating the lifting mechanism in a cleaning mode via a control unit such that an acceleration pulse directed towards the ground is produced in the region of the coupling elements by interrupting a short-stroke lowering movement generated at the lower linkages.

Abstract: A work machine according to the present invention includes a manual operating tool configured to operate a hydraulic actuator; an operation amount detector configured to detect an operation amount of the manual operating tool; a hydraulic pump configured to generate a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the hydraulic actuator; an electric pump motor configured to change an output characteristic of the hydraulic pump in response to a rotary force to be given to the hydraulic pump; a motor load detector configured to detect a motor load of the pump motor; and a pump motor controller configured to determine a necessary output characteristic based on the operation amount and the motor load and control the pump motor based on the output characteristic.

Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a turn generation system that identifies a turn start point and turn end point that indicate the starting point and ending point, respectively, of a turn that the agricultural machine will make to transition from a current pass to a subsequent pass. The guidance system identifies a turn contour and projects that contour onto a headland area of the field. The turn generation system generates a turn path based upon the turn starting and ending points and the turn path contour.

Abstract: An agricultural soil processing device comprises a central frame provided with a coupling mechanism for mounting to a towing device provided with a mount. Wings are rotationally mounted to the central frame. Sections of working units are rotationally mounted to the wings, wherein the sections of the working units are comprised of at least one row of working units. At least one travel wheel is mounted to each wing. The rotational mounting of the wing is connected to the central frame by a connecting mechanism comprising at least a vertically seated frame pin, a connecting element, and a balancing piston. The connecting element is rotationally seated around the frame pin and provided with a horizontally seated connecting element pin. The wing is rotationally connected to the connecting element at the point of the connecting element pin, and the balancing piston is rotationally mounted around the frame pin by one end and rotationally mounted to the wing by the other end.

Abstract: In one aspect, a rear folding agricultural implement allows for first and second wing sections of a toolbar assembly to be folded relative to a central toolbar section of the toolbar assembly via independently actuatable wing roll sections coupled between the central toolbar section and the respective wing sections.

Abstract: In a method for controlling at least one AUX function of an agricultural machine with a first device including a CAN-Wifi module, a data-exchanging connection is established between the first device and the agricultural machine, wherein the CAN wifi module registers as an ISOBUS client with VT mask and AUX inputs and outputs on the ISOBUS of the agricultural machine in accordance with ISO11783, a WLAN connection is established to a mobile terminal with a user interface for displaying machine-specific information and inputting machine-specific commands, or a WLAN connection is established to a second device on another agricultural machine with a user interface for displaying machine-specific information and inputting machine-specific commands, inputs on the user interface are transmitted to the CAN-Wifi module via the WLAN connection, the CAN-Wifi module generates a machine-specific command in accordance with ISO11783 on the ISOBUS and triggers AUX functions on the agricultural machine.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to determine agricultural operations for agricultural production. The system includes instructions to determine a first agricultural operation; cause a performance of the first agricultural operation; receive a record of the performance of the first agricultural operation, the record of the performance of the first agricultural operation to include first information related to a first row where the performance of the first agricultural operation occurred; determine a second agricultural operation to be performed, the determination of the second agricultural operation based on the first information; cause performance of the second agricultural operation, the performance of the second agricultural operation to occur at the first row; and receive a record of the performance of the second agricultural operation, the record of the performance of the second agricultural operation to include second information related to a second row.

Abstract: A system for reducing shank wear on an agricultural implement includes a shank configured to be moved through soil within a field as the agricultural implement travels across the field. Furthermore, the system includes an electrode embedded within the shank. Additionally, the system includes a sensor configured to generate data indicative of a soil moisture content of a portion of the field and a computing system communicatively coupled to the sensor. As such, the computing system is configured to determine the soil moisture content of the field based on the data generated by the sensor. Moreover, the computing system is configured to control a flow of electricity at least one of to or from the electrode based on the determined soil moisture content such that an electric field is induced on at least a portion of a forward outer surface of the shank.

Abstract: Embodiments provided herein include systems and methods for controlling crop management equipment. One embodiment includes providing a yield goal for a field from a grower, receiving tissue samples for at least one crop in the field and a seed population for the field, and interpolating individual field grid point values of the field. Some embodiments include predicting a growth plan of water and nutrient applications to meet the yield goal, based on determined sufficiency levels and individual field grid point values of the field, predicting whether the growth plan includes a component that is unlikely to be met, and in response to predicting that the growth plan includes the component that is unlikely to be met, providing the component that is unlikely to be met to a user. Some embodiments include providing an option for the grower to alter the yield goal such that the component is likely to be met.

Abstract: An autonomous cultivator and method thereof for tilling cattle manure of cattle-shed yard area. The manure comprises a tillage, a wet bulk, and a soaked liquid bottom. The cultivator comprises a propulsion system having a motor interconnected to one or more wheels; a plow comprising a member of a group consisting of a primary tillage implement, a secondary tillage implement and any combination thereof; and a computer system comprising a processor, operably linked and providing instructions to the plow and the propulsion system. The processor comprises a non-transitory program having instructions to operate the propulsion system and the plow until an average water content of the manure in the area is reduced by at least 25% compared to a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A press wheel may be configured for use on cultivation equipment and may include a base member configured to be mounted to an axle. The base member may comprise a plate portion and a rim portion; a resilient coil member mounted to the plate portion of the base member; and a guard member mounted to the base member. The resilient coil member may be configured to wind about the base member to define an outer periphery of the press wheel extending from the plate portion toward the rim portion of the base member. The guard member may at least partially extend between the plate portion and the rim portion of the base member. The guard member may be configured to extend under the resilient coil member.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for seed metering for an agricultural seeder. The seed metering includes a metering member for an agricultural implement having a body configured to couple with a metering device and a raised ring formed circumferentially around a rim of the body. The raised ring defines a plurality of seed receiving portions each configured to receive a seed therein, wherein the plurality of seed receiving portions have a plurality of walls defining a continuous wall structure and forming a cavity therein. The cavity has an outwardly facing open end and one or more walls of the plurality of walls have a different height than one or more other walls within each seed receiving portion.

Abstract: A volumetric metering system includes a housing configured to be coupled to a commodity container. The housing has a transducer portion. A roller is removably coupled within the housing and has an encoding tab with at least one circuit. The encoding tab is positioned to allow interaction between the circuit and the transducer portion when the roller is installed in the housing. A controller is operably coupled to the transducer portion and configured to cause the transducer portion to interact with the circuit and identify the roller based on the interaction. The controller is configured to automatically set roller information based on automatic identification of the roller. In one example, the roller is provided with a set of magnets the relative positions of which encode the roller.

Abstract: Provided is a cultivation method for increasing yield of ratooning rice and reducing Cd content and use thereof, belonging to the technical field of agricultural planting. The cultivation method for increasing yield of ratooning rice and reducing Cd content comprises sowing seeds of ratooning rice in middle and late March of a year, conducting transplantation in middle April of the year for growth in a Cd-contaminated rice field, performing water and fertilizer management of a first season rice, harvesting the first season rice at a position between 1st and 2nd last nodes thereof and performing water and fertilizer management of a second season rice. The cultivation method provided by the present disclosure may significantly increase the yield of ratooning rice, significantly reduce the content of Cd in brown rice of ratooning rice season, and is of great significance for the safe utilization of contaminated farmland.

Abstract: A rake assembly is provided with a base with a handle coupling, sized to extend laterally from the coupling. A plurality of tines extends from the base, away from the coupling. The plurality of tines is parallel and curved at distal ends of the tines and have a width that is greater than a thickness of the tines. The plurality of tines is spaced apart laterally by a spacing that is less than the width of the tines as a plurality of gaps. A length of the gaps is sequentially shortened laterally away from the coupling. A proximal end of the tines is coplanar or tangent to the base. A sidewall extends from a proximal end of the base and from lateral sides of the base, to collectively provide a shovel concavity with the base and the plurality of tines.

Abstract: A weeder robot includes a movable carrier and a blade module assembled to the movable carrier. The movable carrier includes a map creating module and a control module that is electrically coupled to the blade module and the map creating module. The map creating module includes an infrared unit and a vision sensing unit. The infrared unit can emit and receive an infrared light. The vision sensing unit can obtain an image information in a non-contact manner. The movable carrier can be used to move in a court, so that the map creating module can generate a three-dimensional (3D) court map through cooperation between the infrared unit and the vision sensing unit. When the weeder robot performs a maintenance process, the control module drives the blade module to weed a portion of a lawn higher than a predetermined height according to the 3D court map.

Abstract: A control method for a robot mower includes controlling the robot mower to work within a lawn having a plurality of unmowed areas, and controlling the robot mower to turn upon detecting either a boundary of the lawn or an obstacle. When controlling the robot mower to turn, the method includes obtaining a target position determined according to the unmowed region with the largest area. The method then calculates a turning angle of the robot mower according to a current position and a current orientation of the robot mower and the target position; controls the robot mower to turn according to the turning angle; and control the robot mower to move forward.

Abstract: There is provided a rotary cutter for a mower capable of replacing a cord includes: a reel that houses the cord; a cover that covers a case main body; a pressing body that protrudes from the case main body and move in an axial direction by pressing the pressing body to intermittently rotate the reel; and a flange protruding body that protrudes from a surface of a reel flange of the reel and has a concave-convex shape on an outer circumferential side surface of the flange protruding thereof. The flange protruding body and the reel are housed in the cover during grass mowing, the concave-convex shape is a shape for rotating the reel by being gripped by a finger, and a region where there is no obstacle to a movement of the finger when the reel is rotated by gripping the concave-convex shape by the finger is provided outside an outer circumferential surface having the concave-convex shape.

Abstract: A motorized lawnmower has a drive motor which has a drive shaft, a movable cutting tool, and a mower housing having a hood-shaped mower deck which is open towards a mowing side. The mower housing is configured for use with a motorized lawnmower having an internal combustion engine as the drive motor. A belt compartment is provided in the mower housing outside the mower deck. The drive motor is an electric motor, and a cooling air routing having an air inlet, an air outlet and an air guiding path from the air inlet to the air outlet is formed in the mower housing. A fan which is capable of being driven by the electric motor is arranged in the air guiding path, and the belt compartment is configured to form part of the air guiding path.

Abstract: A system for removing trash from a flow of harvested crop within an agricultural harvester may include a chopper assembly and a cleaning assembly downstream of the chopper assembly relative to the flow of harvested crop. An upstream side of the cleaning assembly may be positioned closer to the chopper assembly than a downstream side of the cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly may include a screen and a fan, with the fan positioned at least partially between the upstream and downstream sides of the cleaning assembly. The fan may generate a flow of air in a first direction such that the flow of air passes through the upstream side before the downstream side of the cleaning assembly. Additionally, the screen may be movable along a travel path relative to the fan such that a portion of the screen is movable between the upstream and downstream sides of the cleaning assembly.

Abstract: A pick-up attachment for a harvesting machine includes a pick-up rotor having pick-up tools for picking crop up from the ground. The pick-up rotor is connected to at least one guide element on the ground that guides the pick-up rotor to the ground. The pick-up rotor along with the at least one guide element is suspended on the machine frame of the pick-up attachment by control arms, so as to swing. Each control arm is connected to the pick-up rotor with one end, in an articulated manner, and to the machine frame with the other end, in an articulated manner, so that during push travel of the pick-up attachment, a push point forming the attack point of a thrust direction vector defined by the control arms is arranged below the contact point that forms between the ground and the guide element, when the pick-up rotor assumes a certain position.

Abstract: A jujube harvesting apparatus with adjustable suction vector includes: an air duct assembly, where one end of which is arranged with an air duct inlet; a wind power device arranged on one end of the air duct assembly deviating from the air duct inlet and connected to the air duct assembly, where the wind power device is used for generating wind power; an ionization device arranged on the air duct assembly and positioned between the air duct inlet and the wind power device, where the ionization device is used for ionizing air in the air duct assembly to generate plasma; a magnetic field generating device including a first strip-shaped permanent magnet and a second strip-shaped permanent magnet; and a suction vector adjustable device including two moving assemblies, two rotating assemblies, an electromagnetic sensor component, and a control module.

Abstract: A haymaking machine includes a frame, a turning or raking rotor and a sensor arranged on the frame, and a control device. In a working position, the turning or raking rotor is drivable relative to the frame about an axis of rotation in a direction of rotation. The turning or raking rotor has tine arms which have tines. The tine arms are aligned at least temporarily to face the ground. The tine arms are arranged uniformly distributed in a circumferential direction around the axis of rotation and are aligned in an approximately radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation. The sensor continuously detects a passing of the tine arms during an operation of the turning or raking rotor and transmits a measurement signal thereof. The control device receives the measurement signal and infers an operating state of the at least one turning or raking rotor based thereon.

Abstract: An unload spout for an agricultural vehicle includes a hollow body having an inlet end for receiving crop material, an outlet end through which the crop material is distributed, and a side wall extending between the inlet end and the outlet end. A plurality of steps are formed on an interior facing side of the side wall for enhancing the structural integrity of the unload spout.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a growth medium via an electrical discharge, the apparatus includes a treatment chamber configured to contain a growth medium, a reservoir configured to contain a fluid, a plasma reactor includes at least a pair of electrodes containing a first electrode and a second electrode configured to produce an electrical discharge as a function of the fluid, and a reaction region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode configured to enable an interaction between the electrical discharge and the growth medium, an ignition unit electrically connected to at least an electrode, wherein the ignition unit is configured to supply an electrical voltage to the at least an electrode, an injector in fluidic connection with the reservoir configured to feed the fluid through the reaction region, and an pressure regulator configured to transfer at least the fluid to the injector.

Abstract: A plant pot hanger has three or more cables, each of which cables have a first end and a second end, and wherein the three or more cables are secured together at the first ends of the respective cables. A sliding loop is formed at the second end of each respective cable. Each cable is threaded through the sliding loop of a respective adjacent cable to form a ring adaptable for running under a rim of a plant pot and supporting the plant pot. A loop or a hook for hanging the plant pot preferably extends from the respective first ends of the three or more cables. The three or more cables are preferably run through a slide collar which is slid downwardly, thereby reducing the angle of the cables from horizontal, and reducing the swing and spin of the plant pot hanger in wind.

Abstract: Container devices for use with planting assemblies are disclosed. Exemplary container devices include a sleeve for receiving at least a portion of a planting apparatus of the planting assembly, and multiple corner supports that contact a bottom portion of the planting apparatus. Container devices can be used for storing, transporting, and shipping the planting assemblies.

Abstract: A plant cultivation apparatus has a lighting module that is provided above a bed in a cabinet, and the lighting module includes a light source part including a plurality of light sources, a lighting case in which the light source part is provided, and a lighting cover coupled to the lighting case and covering the light source part. The lighting module is removably mounted to the cabinet in a removable manner.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for cultivating rice on a Cd-contaminated farmland, belonging to the technical field of agricultural cultivation. The disclosure provides a method for cultivating rice with high-yield and low-Cd on a Cd-contaminated farmland, including applying organic and compound fertilizers to a Cd contaminated farmland, conducting soil preparation, mulching film and conducting punching, transplanting rice seedlings, and performing water management. The method may effectively avoid the activation of Cd caused by the drainage and drying of the paddy field, effectively improve the soil nutrient of the plough layer, increase the root density, the effective ear number and grain number per ear of the rice, and realize double effect of high-yield and low-Cd of the rice.

Abstract: An above ground watering system for vandaceous orchid air plants. Some embodiments may comprise one or more watering elements, such as a watering manifold that may deliver water through one or more outtake ports through water delivery members that may extend from the watering manifold and ribbons wrapped around the roots of the vandaceous orchid to deliver water and/or nutrients continuously via capillary action.

Abstract: An auxiliary beam for an energy wood grapple comprises a first jaw that is functionally pivoted in connection with a support leg and rotatably movable with an actuator arranged in the auxiliary beam. Together with the support leg, the first jaw is arranged to form, in a transverse direction relative to an elongated frame of the auxiliary beam, an openable and closable grapple for material handling of elongated energy wood with the grapple parallel to the elongated frame of the auxiliary beam.

Abstract: A growing medium for plant organisms having a plurality of bodies forming a network of bodies. Each body in the plurality of bodies has a Shore D hardness value of at least 5. At least one body in the plurality of bodies has at least one pore for receiving a fluid.

Abstract: A drip screw coupler attaches a drip irrigation line to a rigid emitter. The drip screw coupler defines a flow channel between a top end and an outlet end that has an outer diameter sealably friction fittable entirely within an inlet port of the rigid emitter. A connecting arm extends from the top end for sealable attachment to the drip irrigation line. The outer surface of the coupler is configured for grasping between adjacent fingers of a user to facilitate manual connections and disconnections. The coupler may be injection molded as a singular component.

Abstract: A pot system and apparatus comprises an outer shell, an inner vented container configured to fit inside the outer shell, the inner vented container further comprising: a top lip, an upper basket, and a soil chamber, the pot system being configured to prevent root rot, provide air pruning, and to foster bacterial growth and air circulation to passively scrub indoor air.

Abstract: An apparatus, kit, and system for horticulture. The apparatus has an elongate body that retains a plant therewithin, a flanged portion at a proximal end of the apparatus, and one or more fluid-handling portions. The body is inclined relative to a plane having the flanged portion with a distal end of the apparatus extending in a downwardly inclined altitude with respect to the flanged portion, with the flanged portion supporting the installation of the apparatus into an aperture of a vertical structure having levelled surfaces for fluid received by the apparatus to be handled by one or a combination of the fluid-handling portions. The apparatus may be in the form of one or more assemblable pieces. The apparatus is further part of a system with a vertical structure where a plurality of these apparatuses are installed thereon, and fluid dispensing means that dispenses fluid to the apparatuses.

Abstract: Facility layouts and configurations for an automated crop production system for controlled environment agriculture. In particular implementations, the core of the facility comprises a controlled growth environment and a central processing system. The controlled growth environment includes systems for exposing crops housed in modules, such as grow towers, to controlled environmental conditions. The central processing system may include various stations and functionality both for preparing crop-bearing modules to be inserted in the controlled growth environment, for harvesting crops from the crop-bearing modules after they have been extracted from the controlled growth environment, and for cleaning or washing crop-bearing modules for re-use. The controlled growth environment may include vertical farming structure having vertical grow towers and associated conveyance mechanisms for moving the vertical grow towers along one or more grow lines.

Abstract: A portable, modular plant monitoring system includes an imaging subsystem configured to acquire images of plural plants with a camera, an imaging actuation subsystem configured to support the imaging subsystem and to translate the imaging subsystem, a carousel system having a carousel configured to hold the plural plants in plural petri dishes, a carousel actuation subsystem configured to support the carousel system, to translate the carousel and to rotate the carousel, a support subsystem configured to hold the camera actuation subsystem and the carousel actuation subsystem, and a control subsystem configured to coordinate (1) a movement of the camera, (2) a linear movement and a rotation of the carousel, (3) image acquisition by the camera, and (4) image processing to detect a characteristic of the plural plants.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to seed and plants of inbred broccoli line BP-1. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of inbred broccoli lines BP-1, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another broccoli plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to seed and plants of inbred broccoli lines BP-2. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of inbred broccoli lines BP-2, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another broccoli plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: A wheat variety designated KS12D03-1 is disclosed, including plants and seeds thereof. KS12D03-1 is a durum wheat variety with a winter growth habit making it suitable for production in western Kansas and the High Plains. Methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety KS12D03-1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety KS12D03-1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety KS12D03-1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety KS12D03-1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPS0953, pepper line SMO-E718-0979, and pepper line SMO-E718-0977. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPS0953, pepper line SMO-E718-0979, and pepper line SMO-E718-0977 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVPS0953, pepper line SMO-E718-0979, and pepper line SMO-E718-0977 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid DRTC8539, tomato line CHIHE13-1063, and tomato line CHIHE12-1032. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DRTC8539, tomato line CHIHE13-1063, and tomato line CHIHE12-1032 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DRTC8539, tomato line CHIHE13-1063, and tomato line CHIHE12-1032 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: A milk system, including a milk extracting arrangement; an animal identifier device; a milk flow meter; a time measurement device; and a database storing milk flow data. The milk flow data includes milk flow rates of a milk session; and a measured time period between milk sessions; and a control unit, configured to: obtain the milk flow data from the database; determine a criterion of the milk flow rates at a moment of the milk session; set the time period of a milk interval; and allow the milk extracting arrangement to attach the teat cups to the animal when the set time period has passed.

Abstract: A milking system includes two or more milking devices for extracting a milking from a dairy animal; a central utility system connected with each milking device in the milking system, and a cleaning unit for cleaning the milking devices and milk-carrying parts of the central utility system. The cleaning unit includes a fluid transporting line for transport of cleaning fluid where each of the milking devices is in fluid connection with the fluid transport line, a buffer unit for receiving and temporarily storing extracted milk where the buffer unit is in fluid connection with each of the milking devices through a milk line, and a control unit for controlling the central utility unit. The cleaning unit cleans each milking device and milk line during a cleaning cycle, and at least one of the milking devices is available for extracting milk from a dairy animal during the cleaning cycle.

Abstract: The equipment (1) comprises: supporting means (3) adapted to support at least one cheese (C) of the fresh “pasta filata” type; gripping means (6) adapted to retain at least one portion (P) of the cheese (C); filling means (7) adapted to inject a filling into the cheese (C) through said portion (P) to obtain a stuffed cheese(S); at least one automated positioning system (19) adapted to pick up the cheese (C) from a supply station (E) and to transfer it onto the supporting means (3), wherein the automated positioning system (19) comprises: one retaining and holding assembly (28) for the cheese (C); one displacement unit (29) adapted to move the retaining and holding assembly (28) between the supply station (E) and the supporting means (3).

Abstract: A pet carrier enabling physical interaction with a confined pet includes a housing, which defines an interior space and which comprises a sidewall that is attached to and which extends between a bottom panel and a top panel. The bottom panel is substantially rigid. A pet is insertable through a cutout in the housing into the interior space. A sleeve is attached by a first end to the housing and extends from an aperture in the sidewall. A second end the sleeve allows for insertion of a hand of a user, thereby enabling the user to physically interact with the pet.

Abstract: A reptile pet breeding cabinet assembly and a reptile pet breeding cabinet related to the technical field of reptile equipment are provided. The reptile pet breeding cabinet assembly includes a breeding box, a layer plate and a heating element. The breeding box is configured for breeding reptile pets, the layer plate is provided on a lower side of the breeding box, and the layer plate is provided with a heat preservation area for containing gas. The heating element is provided between the breeding box and the layer plate, and configured to heat a bottom of the breeding box and cover the heat preservation area.

Abstract: A disassemblable ramp overlayable and positionable upon stairs having a plurality of ramp modules comprises triangular sidewalls and platforms, each module detachably affixed to one or more stringers in some embodiments but without the stringers in others.

Abstract: A driving robot for agricultural tasks includes a chassis and a functional unit mounted on the chassis. The chassis provides supports carrying the functional unit. A force sensor is provided for at least one of the supports, which detects a force exerted by the functional unit on the chassis.