Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.;The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organisation, Volcani Center
An agricultural robot for monitoring plants in a growing site, the robot comprising: a sensor module comprising: a speaker operable to transmit a directional acoustic signal at an object; and a microphone operable to register a reflection of the acoustic signal; a sound analyzer operable to time-index the reflection received by the microphone and maps a location of the object that reflected the received acoustic signal; and an autonomous mobile platform onto which the sensor module is mounted.