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Automated Harvest worked well in improving the efficiency and saving labor cost in the past decades. An automated machines needs a planned path to direct the operation. This paper introduces an algorithm for path planning in irregular cropped area to further improve the efficiency. A nonlinear optimization model is presented to determine the path plan with shortest travel distance. The model considers both field boundary and the inner non-cropped area when determine constraints. The travel speed of the harvester is considered to be constant in this model. And an example will be given in this paper to apply this model and finding the optimal path for automated harvest., Ruinan Xie * (G) and Bashir Khoda Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND Support: No financial support was provided for this project. Corresponding Author's Email: [...]