The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning / Mcgill University

Nandkishor Dhawale

Viacheslav Adamchuk

Antoine Pouliot

Shiv Prasher

Frédéric René-Laforest

A soil analysis apparatus includes at least one sensor element for measuring a property of the soil; a blade assembly having at least one blade and being displaceable between a raised position and an excavation position, the at least one blade being operable to excavate the soil at a test location when the blade assembly is in the excavation position, the blade assembly being further operable to enter a sensor permitting configuration; and a first actuator operable to displace the at least one sensor element between an initial position and a sensing position along a sensor displacement path, the sensor element being proximate the soil at the test location when in the sensing position.

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Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

Nandkishor Dhawale