Patent ID: 10342176

Abstract:
A detasseler system mountable to a mobile platform, wherein the system comprises a lift assembly and a detasseling assembly connected to the lift assembly. The detasseling assembly structured and operable to detassel the plants in a single row of plants in a test plot as the detasseler system is moved through the test plot. The detasseling assembly comprises a head assembly comprising a carrier bar connected to the lift assembly, a cutter head disposed at a first distal end of the carrier bar, and a puller head disposed at an opposing second distal end of the carrier bar. The detasseling assembly additionally comprises a sensor boom fixedly connected at a proximal end to the lift assembly, and an angled sensor bar assembly connected to sensor boom. The angled sensor bar assembly comprises an sensor bar connected to the sensor boom at an angle such that a non-orthogonal angle is defined between the sensor bar and the sensor boom; and a sensor system connected to the angle sensor bar, the sensor system structured and operable to detect the presence of a plant with a sensing field of the sensor system.