A leading supplier of drone-based remote sensing, analytics, and IoT solutions to the agriculture industry is reaping a new crop of sensor technology. Last week, Sentera announced the launch of the AGX710, a gimbaled precision agriculture sensor with plug-and-play integration for DJI's Matrice 200 Series quadcopters. “The AGX710 sensor delivers exceptional crop health … [Read more...] about Sentera Launches New Gimbal Sensor for Ag Drones
Agriculture
American Robotics Introduces Autonomous Drone Solution for Agriculture
American Robotics, a drone developer specializing in agricultural automation, has unveiled unveiled its flagship product, the Scout, a self-charging, self-managing drone system capable of autonomously carrying out daily scouting missions. American Robotics in their release state that "By 2050, the world population is expected to grow to 10 billion. As a result … [Read more...] about American Robotics Introduces Autonomous Drone Solution for Agriculture
Sentera Sensors Enable DJI Inspire 2 with Crop-Scouting Capabilities
Sentera has announced its gimbaled Double 4K and Quad sensors for the DJI Inspire 2 drone. Sentera’s swappable precision crop health sensors paired with the Inspire 2 offers agronomists, crop consultants, and growers an economical way to capture diverse vegetation indices such as normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) or normalized difference red edge (NDRE) data while … [Read more...] about Sentera Sensors Enable DJI Inspire 2 with Crop-Scouting Capabilities
Finalists Announced for Ag Drone Challenge
Land O'Lakes, Inc. has announced finalists for the Land O'Lakes Prize: Drone Challenge, a crowdsourced competition launched in February 2017 to help surface valuable, user-friendly drone solutions that will help farmers make better decisions for their crops as they work to produce more food to feed more people. Drone firms often tout ease of use. Land O' Lakes knows that is … [Read more...] about Finalists Announced for Ag Drone Challenge
Sentera’s Omni Drone Captures Thermal, NDVI, and High-Res RGB Imagery
Sentera, a manufacturer of remote-sensing technologies for precision agriculture, has announced the Omni quadcopter drone to capture three distinct crop health data measurements in a single flight: thermal, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and high-resolution RGB. The Omni (ie omnidirectional) pairs a DJI XT Thermal sensor with Omni's standard Double 4K to offer … [Read more...] about Sentera’s Omni Drone Captures Thermal, NDVI, and High-Res RGB Imagery
