Drone based precision agriculture field management system

Abstract

Systems and methods for imaging a crop field, probing soil of a location of the field based on the imaging of the field to obtain diagnostic data, sampling soil of a location of the field based on the imaging of the field; and spraying the field based on the imaging of the field, the probing soil, or the sampling soil. A system uses a tractor having a spray system, a drone having a tool deployment module comprising a reel and a line, a drone launch pad comprising an imaging module attachable to and detachable from the line, a probing module attachable to and detachable from the line, a sample collection module attachable to and detachable from the line, and drone batteries, a controller to receive diagnostic data from the imaging module, the probing module, or the sample collection module, and to transmit spray instructions to the spray system.

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