This next generation AgBot drone is equipped with camera sensors that can do sophisticated analysis of crops and soils from the air.
Photo courtesy of The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, (second from left) watches as Samantha Smith-Herndon (far right with controller) demonstrates the first generation AgBot drone used for precision agriculture research at Ferrum College’s Titmus Agricultural Center on Wednesday. Warner made several stops across Southwest Virginia this week to talk technology and economic development. Smith-Herndon is a researcher with The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, which Warner, as Virginia governor, helped establish.
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AgBot is equipped with sensors that can photograph and "read" the light emitted by plants and determine their health. Red means a plant is stressed, and blue means it is healthy, according to precision agriculture researcher Samantha Smith-Herndon.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, (second from left) watches as Samantha Smith-Herndon (far right with controller) demonstrates the first generation AgBot drone used for precision agriculture research at Ferrum College’s Titmus Agricultural Center on Wednesday. Warner made several stops across Southwest Virginia this week to talk technology and economic development. Smith-Herndon is a researcher with The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, which Warner, as Virginia governor, helped establish.
AgBot is equipped with sensors that can photograph and "read" the light emitted by plants and determine their health. Red means a plant is stressed, and blue means it is healthy, according to precision agriculture researcher Samantha Smith-Herndon.
